The Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce has created an official GeoTour. Come Find Yourself in Rockport-Fulton for beachcombing, fishing, art, fun, birdwatching, kayaking, museums, history, seafood and more! More than 40 geocaches and bonus geocaches have been hidden in special places throughout the Rockport-Fulton area. Use your geocaching app or GPS to go on an adventure through our peninsula on the beautiful coast of Texas! Take pictures and post to social media using the hashtag #FindYourselfinRockportFulton #RFGeoTour #GeoTour.
Historical monuments are always a favorite for geocachers. Here is a piece of history rife with controvery and conflict!
According to an interesting article "Aransas City on Live Oak Point was James Power’s town" written by Murphy Givens and published in the Caller-Times February 17, 2010....
"Aransas City looked to become an important port before greed and politics got in the way. Aransas City was James Power’s town. The great impresario had a contract with Mexico to bring in 400 colonists from Mexico and Ireland. Mexico wanted Catholic families to move to Texas as a buffer against American encroachment.
Power and James Hewetson would be granted vast tracts of land if they completed the colonization by 1834.
This became moot when Texas gained independence except that Texas recognized existing land titles. The lands that had been granted to Power and Hewetson covered the shores of Copano and Aransas bays, Live Oak, Lookout and St. Charles peninsulas, and Matagorda, St. Joseph’s and Mustang islands. Between them, Power and Hewetson owned some 250,000 acres in the new Republic of Texas." This is just an except from the article which merits looking up for "the rest of the story" as the saying goes!
Many thanks to Betty Stiles, Aransas County Historical Commission for adopting and maintaining this cache site.