Of the many ghost town of Texas, none lived longer, none throve
better, none died as tragic a death as Indianola, on the west shore
of Matagorda Bay near where Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la
Salle, is thought to have landed in 1685. Many colonists, including
the German immigrants led by Prince Carl of Soms-Braunfels entered
Texas at this natural port. It was an important military port, a
railhead, and a diplomatic center where commissioners of Mexico and
the United States met to establish boundaries proscribed by the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The port exported cattle to the East
and Cuba. In 1875, at the heights of its prosperity, population
6,000, a tropical storm took toll on lives and property. After a
second storm hit a year later Indianola was abandon. Now only a
fishing and vacation community remains of this famous Texas city.
(Paraphrased from The Handbook of Texas)
Spend some time on the beach, read the markers, fish, sun and
listen carefully for the sounds of a busy early Texas port.
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