The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
ROckPORT.


Rocknort, the county seat OF AransaS
ro1utv qn derrecs west from Washing
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atoQ on Arkansas hay, twelve miles north-
yveet From Arkansas Pass where work bv
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has 49, population Of about 1000. somewhat
cosr,ono,ito, &, IT'S nature consistinp of
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Americans MeNlcahs' ltaiiaHS' Germans
SlcUiars and Greeks
y, sas n',,1,o &C. ,,o, .ohoo, 90 so,,o
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note attended by 2l5 matricuiates for the
t,vo-.tsr,. brele structure wound do credit
f,,' - 49,, .a,,,,,s.,..
TO '""h OF 1--we tl''ies ,he population oil
this one.
Tho town government Is operated lnder
49,, IT,. s ~ -
the 'He. al Jaw Oh eSiS ior 'le ineolI'o-
Is $4,000 The rate of taxation Is G5 cents
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on fhe hundred dollars. The bap'ists'
Methodisls, Episcopalians and Catholics
have church buildings hut the mass of
,b, ,,,.,,,,I ,,,.ofos.,,r,,s a,,,. eo,th
NEo f'"p't P'OicNS4ib any iul'n aIc O"tl-
one of the best court houses in South
VEST ,,ov.s o,to.,,s ,tl -.
r,odo,.I n, J,,'iis tnI toWn, new aad
t ,ouert IN point Oh arcnitec,ure ana ut
{t,'iH9 W. i'cM. paPcrs, tne ARKANSAS taNs
ne12om ana korkport New Era, both
/ $50 t, "t, aii" ,I IsttE WI PaiuiiHeu;
/ Ne primteH norG, rms Is me terminus or
/ w 'an Ht.io",p dl'u ArdliSdS tasS ran
/ tDau bne ouiy toau running 70 inns polht,
.housn move IS now on LOOT to bring
| the missouri hdnsaS ana Texas mere or
| eise pulld an alr me from Houston or TO
/ some point I" connect with the last
'9nea roaI e
lhere are i've iamiy grocery stores
mere, TWO OF them being Ia the wholesale
business, seiNnS TO 81 Mays, Lamar
kopGsVllle, AraNsaS llarbor and the big
| ranches.
Fhere are two dry goods stores, two
/ uius stores, hardware store and other
lines OF business; there are ten lawyers
and three doctors RockpOrt has its
board OF trade. of which Mr.. II. c. Haene
Is presidsnt ana Fat II. ramsey the sec
rotary. The bank Of the place IS the
First National bank of Arkansas Pass of
| which j. n. Hopes is cashier. The bank
is in good financial condition and just
now is doing . good business, 1t does
most of the business for surrounding
towns, including Arkansas larbor; capt
tai SdO,W0
The southwestern Fruit and Importing
company has headquarters here ana is
engaged in importing tropical fruits. DR..
Hugh W. Grouse is president and Ed l..
SOUL It's sr see atf5r five ,oto,s and tuo
restaurants. The. chief business of the
town IL the fish and oyster business.
when hundreds of thousands of tons OF
fish were frozen 90 death. this town alone
beyond question shipped out more fish
than all the other Texas coast towns
combined our principal customer being
Galveston. which, of course, reshipued
the fish as her own Since the great
freeze fisi have been scarce. but there is
now n great improN cmcnt In that line
The only green turtle canning establish
ment in the United States was located
near Rockport until last season, wher
its 'owner. MIR. Il q. Holden, removed Il
10 Tampico Mexico, on account of The
, scarcity of turtle here.
Eonkport holds the ucnnant and thu
challenge cup for the fastest sloop zach
3 i'm the state, and makes her claim root
ga oft,u a. connections come after tn,
cum The chaIlonge Gun made by Tit
rarv is now held by the sloup Novice
< hnin In Rockuort In 1871. II ia now CON
ccand hv mi sportsmon who nave fishe,
, fnr mo Great tarpon In FLORIDA and else
whore Mat This place is the habitat IN,
trvstinE rlnce Of The ramest fish tina
e nvnr took a hnit Dozens of thcm hay,
, Ec.,, totson a., Nrausas hnv I'm n sinpl
no, poor i'm mind Tint for every tnrpo,
! t9Sj,1 ,.ith rod and reel not less thai
fw"nrv. five have struck your hook (thl