Today, the Train Station is gone,
but we still have the Old Depot.
LORE: The Rockport Train Station & Depot
The Depot is the smaller building on the far left, which
still exists. Passenger Service ended in the 1940’s, but
the Freight Service continued until 1985, when the
railroad tracks were removed.
The Rockport Transcript
The Rockport Transcript was
our first Newspaper. It began in
1869 and didn’t stop its presses
until 1886. Below its Lone Star
banner reads: “The PRESS....
the mightiest of the means - On
which the arm of progress leans”.
Aransas Hotel opened in 1889. It was
four stories high and that included a
roof story. It stayed open year around
and could lodge 300 guests. And
it was the center of Rockport’s and
Fulton’s social life during its time,
entertaining and accommodating the
upper echelon of high society from
all over the world. Its name was later
changed to the Hotel Del Mar. The
Hotel burned down in March of 1919.
Aransas Hotel
Photo: Courtesy of the Aransas County
Historical Society
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