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, Texas — From 1885 to 1950 the Port Aransas economy relied heavily on tarpon fishing. Fisherman would come from all over the country just to get a chance to catch a tarpon.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Port Aransas’ Tarpon Inn Bar & Grill, they make the tasty Baja Sauce by the gallon. ( Tony Gutierrez - The Associated Press ) For a taste of fish-fry heaven, catch a meal at Virginia’s On ...

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 ...

Check in at the Tarpon Inn (thetarponinn.com), which served ... sunbathing or fishing on St. Jo, return to Port Aransas for lunch at Virginia's on the Bay (virginiasportaransas.com).

PORT ARANSAS — Spring break marks a musical awakening ... New live-music venues, such as the Tarpon Ice House, will shift into high gear, while the deejays at Bernie’s Beach House and Sharkey ...