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Slide 2 Tidehaven High School Mrs. Anderson El Maton, TX Matagorda County Graci Huddleston Slide 3 First organized to be the Hurd Land Company on May 25, 1908 Was bought to become the 3rd northern cattle company, joining the: Ace of Clubs Ranch and Slough Ranch ORIGINS The Collegeport public library Slide 4 Missouri Pacific rail line station that put Collgegport on the map EARLY BEGINNINGS Collgeport post office that opened in 1909 Slide 5 By 1912 the population grew to 496 It had a business mens league of 90 members A womans club of 86 members Just a few of the pioneer families include the: Bachelder, Corporon, Franzen, and Merck THE PEOPLE OF EARLY COLLEGEPORT First Federated Church of Collegeport Slide 6 Grand opening on May 25, 1909 Many pioneers spent their first nights in the hotel Luxurious hotel that would accommodate 100 guests The average daily rate was $2 HOTEL COLLEGEPORT View from the east side Slide 7 49 boys and girls were enrolled when the college opened on September 21, 1907 The students could work in self help departments that included: The university farm The citrus and fig farm The laundry GULF COAST UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS Slide 8 Many students did the laundry for the hotel and some townspeople They also sold 100 loaves of bread daily The girls took voice and piano lessons Dinner consisted of steak, potatoes, rice, and a roll THE STUDENTS CONT. Official brand of figs that the students grew Slide 9 The first newspaper of Collegeport Regulated from 1910-1914 JJ Rodebaugh as publisher After the Collegeport Chronicle stopped regulating JJ Rodebaugh started another newspaper called the Collegeport New Era THE COLLEGEPORT CHRONICLE Pioneer dedication that was placed there in 2007 Slide 10 MAY 25, 1908 COLLEGEPORT FOUNDED SIGNIFICANT DATES IN COLLEGEPORT HISTORY GULF COAST UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS 1909 - 1915 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE 1909 - 1935 GRAND OPENING OF COLLEGEPORT MAY 25, 1909 POST OFFICE - 1909 FIRST CHURCH - FEDERATED 1909 - 1922 CEMETERY - CA 1909 GRACE CHAPEL OF ST. MARY'S MISSION (EPISCOPAL) 1910 - 1926 MISSOURI- PACIFIC RAIL SERVICE 1911 - 1933 PUBLIC LIBRARY - 1912 BAY VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL 1912 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - 1922 MOPAC HOUSE FOUNDATION - 1935 MOPAC HOUSE OPENED - MAY 4, 1935 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - 1949 COLLEGEPORT AREA VFD - 1965 May 25 2008 Collegeport celebrates 100 th birthday Slide 11 Photos credited by Dennis McDonald Photos credited by Texas Escapes Photos credited by G. W. Franzen Music credited by www.iluvwaves.comwww.iluvwaves.com Photos and information credited by the Matagorda County Advocate Photos and information credited by Dorothy Franzen CREDITS Slide 12 http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/onlin e/articles/hrc79 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmata go/collegeport.htm http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCo astTowns/CollegeportTexas/CollegeportTx. htm CITED