We are staying on South Padre Island and just before you cross the bridge that crosses the bay between the Texas mainland and the island is the Port Isabel Lighthouse. It was built of brick brought from New Orleans by schooner. The Beacon's 16 mile range guided ships into the harbor and to the Rio Grande bringing commerce to SW Texas. Darkened during the civil war, it was used as a lookout by both the union and confederate forces (I guess one was looking north and one south.Itwas also used as a lookout again during WW I.
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