Ep. 20: Island Time: San Jose, Mustang and Matagorda
Wise About Texas
Ken Wise
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In the middle of a hot Texas summer, let’s head for the beach! San Jose Island is bordered by Matagorda to the north and Mustang to the south. Texas barrier islands all have their unique stories and San Jose is no different. It has seen explorers, ranchers, entrepreneurs and soldiers. These islands together hold the last of an endangered species as well as the first private space flight. Learn how San Jose island, and its neighbors, played an important role in U.S. political history.
FDR tours San Jose Island
FDR fishing near Port Aransas
The presidential yacht USS Potomac
LBJ meets FDR
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| 0:19.1 | Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, the Texas History Podcast. I'm your host Ken Wise and thanks for listening. |
| 0:21.9 | You're joining over 20,000 people who have |
| 0:24.2 | downloaded this podcast and I hope that you learn some Texas history and share |
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| 0:33.4 | A special mention in this episode to a good friend of the show Shannon Wise up in Central Texas |
| 0:39.1 | who has the same the last name but I don't think we're related. She's a devoted fan though and |
| 0:44.3 | she is certainly wise about Texas in her own right. I also want to mention on this |
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| 1:32.4 | Well, it's summertime in Texas and in this episode we're going to head to the islands. |
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