Rockport Texas - The History, Legends & Lore 1st Printing | Page 97

‘Old Rockport Aquarium’ Built in 1947 & closed in 1987 - it was the brick building that’s beside the New Aquarium at the Rockport Harbor. Photo: Courtesy of the Aransas County Historical Society ‘The New Rockport Aquarium’ It opened in 2007, 20 years after the Old Aquarium closed, and it’s larger than the old one. Those ‘Wonderful Ladies’ of the ‘Aransas County Historical Society’ This is a picture of the ones who didn’t run away when I pulled out my camera. LORE: Movie: ‘Alamo Bay’ Released in 1985 - The film was mostly shot at Fulton Harbor and at the harbor in Seadrift, and a few of our local residents auditioned as extras. Notable was our own Carolyn Farnsworth who won a minor role. 96 Aransas County Historical Society With only a few pages left in this book, we would like to thank those wonderful ladies at the Aransas County Historical Society. They’re the ones who made this book possible. Consisting primarily of ‘retired School Teachers’, their efforts to preserve the History of Aransas County is commendable. (And they make great cookies!) We at Pardillion Arts salute you and extend to you our humble gratitude.