Elliot Roosevelt, one of the president’s sons, lived in Fort Worth and had visited Port Aransas the previous year. He suggested they take a trip down to the coast and do some tarpon fishing ...

Port Aransas has existed since the late 1800s. It was originally called Ropesville, then Tarpon, for the large number of fish caught nearby, and finally renamed Port Aransas in 1910. In 1886 ...

As Amiee Van Winkle opened the door to Room 40, she took a step back and vowed she would not enter the vacant room inside the Tarpon Inn in Port Aransas. "You'll never see me step foot inside ...

But it was nearby Corpus Christi, which opened a ship channel in 1926, that ended up being the seaport—and Port Aransas had to settle for proclaiming itself, with some justification, the Tarpon ...

Until around 1910, the sweet and salty coastal town of Port Aransas went by the name Tarpon, because of the abundance of the big, torpedo- shaped fish that once attracted droves of anglers to ...

Read full article: Judge dismisses 2 ex-SAPD officers from civil lawsuit filed by Melissa Perez’s family, records show PORT ARANSAS, Texas – The Tarpon Inn is one of the oldest buildings still ...

The designation came about after Rep. Todd Hunter and Sen. Adam Hinojosa co-sponsored a joint resolution for the honor, which ...

PORT ARANSAS — Sitting on the deck of Grumble ... or deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico for kingfish, marlin, tarpon and sailfish. The town hosts 20 fishing tournaments throughout the ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — A fundraiser will be held this weekend for the two men who were found shot to death in an SUV near Aransas Pass. The victims, Brandon Barboza and Xxavier Marchus, were both ...