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 Tarpon - Port Aransas, TXPosted by:  WalksfarTX
N 27° 50.189 W 097° 04.114
14R E 690208 N 3080585
Large fish in front of the Port Aransas Civic Center. The statue commemorates the Port Aransas Centennial in 1986.
Waymark Code: WMQZRM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2016
Views: 3
From Port Arnsas - South Jetty News Article
The seven foot bronze Tarpon is frozen in motion as it leaps from a pink granite jetty rock base.
Mayor Dale Bietendorf told the crowd that the tarpon was selected as the subject of the sculpture because the popular "silver king" was the main attraction in the community for over a century. He noted the name of the city was Tarpon before it was officially changed to Port Aransas in 1911."
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Tarpon
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Danny O'Dowdy
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 9/27/1986
Materials used: Bronze statue on granite base
Location: Civic Center
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