The Vanished Texas Coast: Lost Port Towns, Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales Charles B. Fancher For this vacation

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four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey

blissful week they leave behind their daily lives

The Vanished Texas Coast: Lost Port Towns, Mysterious Shipwrecks and Other True Tales Charles B. Fancher For this vacationPeople may associate Texas with cattle drives and oil derricks, but the sea has shaped the state's history as dramatically as it has delineated its coastline. Some of that history has vanished into the Gulf, whether it is an abandoned port town or a gale tossed treasure fleet. Revisit the shipwreck that put Texas on the map. Add La Salle's lost colony, the Texas Navy's forgotten steamship and Galveston's overlooked 1915 hurricane to the navigational