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The Port Mansfield Cut and the treasure discovered there

01.04.2023 - By Texas Standard, W.F. StrongPlay

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Running from Corpus Christi to near Brownsville, Padre Island is the longest barrier island in the world. Up until the late 1950s, you could drive the entire 113 miles of the island if you had a vehicle with decent four-wheel drive. That option was blocked in 1957 when the Port Mansfield Cut was dredged. The […]

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