| Marker Number |
11685 |
| Atlas Number |
5007011685 |
| Marker Title |
Frandolig Island |
| Index Entry |
Frandolig Island |
| Address |
1789 Bay Shore Dr. |
| City |
Rockport |
| County |
Aransas |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
693549 |
| UTM Northing |
3104219 |
| Subject Codes |
islands; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns |
| Marker Year |
1999 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Bay Shore Drive, S side 300 feet NW of Riviera Drive, at entrance to Key Allegro. Marker reported missing Nov. 2017. Replacement in progress. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Replacement In Progress |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Dubbed "Nine Mile Point" by early settlers, this island was first used commercially by the Cushman Meat Packing Company in the late 1860s. Austrian Franz Joseph Frandolig, a horseman who had delivered cattle to Cushman & Co., homesteaded property at this site when the company vacated the land in 1878. Frandolig and his family established a large fig orchard. They sold the fruits and vegetables in Rockport and Fulton. Frandolig also kept a vineyard, where he produced and sold wine by the barrel, and built a salt works. The Frandolig family sold the property between 1901 and 1903. The severe hurricane of 1919 returned the island to its natural and uninhabited state. In 1958 the local navigation district began to offer it for development. (1999) |
