Padre Island Administrative History

¹S. 4064 (Yarborough), 85th Congress, 2nd session; Congressional Record, 85th Congress, 2nd session, p. 12447-8.

²S. 4 (Yarborough), 86th Congress, 1st session.

³H.C.R. No. 16, 56th (Texas) Legislature, 1st Congressional Session.

⁴S.4, 86th Congress, 1st session.

⁵H.B. 469, 56th legislature, 1st Congressional Session.

⁶John D. McCall, Testimony before the State Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, at Austin, Texas, 9 April 1959, Padre Island National Seashore Archives, p. 4.

⁷Ibid., p. 6.

⁸Texas Open Beaches Act, 56th Legislature, 2nd Congressional Session, p. 108.

⁹Memorandum, to Director, NPS, from Hugh M. Miller, 1 May 1959, 1959 Readings File, Padre Island National Seashore Archives.

¹⁰Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, Resolution on Padre Island, April 1959, 1959 Readings File, Padre Island National Seashore Archives.

¹¹National Parks Association, Resolution on Padre Island, 21 May 1959, 1959 Readings File, Padre Island National Seashore Archives.

¹²"Padre Island, Tex., An Ideal Recreation Area," Congressional Record, 86th Senate, 1st Session, 11 August 1959, pp. 14113-14114.

¹³Ibid.

¹⁴Hugh M. Miller to Conrad L. Wirth, 14 September 1959, 1959 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁵Corpus Christi Caller-Times, June 1960.

¹⁶H.E. Born, Commanding Officer, Corpus Christi N.A.S., to Thomas J. Alien, NPS, Region Three, 1959 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁷Conrad Wirth, 17 November 1959 memorandum on PAIS hearing to Regional Director, Region Three, 1959 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁸Ralph Yarborough to Mel and Erna Niquette, 4 December 1959, Niquette Scrapbook, PAIS Archives.

¹⁹Draft Report on 14 December 1959 public hearing, 1959 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

²⁰Ibid.

²¹Statement of Conrad L. Wirth before the Public Lands Subcommittee of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, 14 December 1959, 1959 Readings File, PAIS Archives, p. 5.

²²Ibid., p. 6.

²³Ibid.

²⁴Ibid, p. 8.

²⁵Congressional Record, "The Padre Island National Seashore Recreation Area: Introduction of Bill for its Creation," 5 January 1961, p. 159.

²⁶Interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough, December 10, 1993.

²⁷Niquette Scrapbook, PAIS Archives, passim.

²⁸Mel and Erna Niquette to John L. Tompkins, 20 July 1960, Niquette Scrapbook, Flour Bluff Headquarters, PAIS.

²⁹Ibid.

³⁰Congressional Record, "The Padre Island National Seashore Recreation Area; Introduction of Bill for its Creation," 5 January 1961, p. 159.

³¹H.R. 5015, 87th Congress, 1st session.; H.R. 5049, 87th Congress, 1st session.

³²Ibid., p. 1-2.

³³Ibid., p. 8.

³⁴Ibid., p. 7.

³⁵Ibid.

³⁶Ibid., pp. 7-8.

³⁷Report on Padre Island, Texas 21 November 1958, p. 18.

³⁸Ralph Yarborough to Oscar Dancy, 20 March 1961, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

³⁹U.S. Congress, Senate, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 11-13 April 1961, 87th Congress, 1st session, pp. 10-11.

⁴⁰Ibid., p. 15.

⁴¹Ibid., p. 16.

⁴²Ibid., p. 15.

⁴³Ibid., p. 18.

⁴⁴Ibid., pp. 25-26.

⁴⁵Ibid., pp. 26.

⁴⁶Ibid., pp. 31-34.

⁴⁷Ibid., pp. 34-36.

⁴⁸Ibid., p. 37.

⁴⁹Ibid.

⁵⁰Ibid., p. 39.

⁵¹Ibid., pp. 41-43.

⁵²Ibid., p. 47.

⁵³Ibid., p. 43

⁵⁴Ibid., p. 44.

⁵⁵Ibid.

⁵⁶Ibid.

⁵⁷Ibid., p. 44.

⁵⁸Ibid., p. 46.

⁵⁹Ibid.

⁶⁰Ibid.

⁶¹Ibid., pp. 50-56.

⁶²Ibid., p. 59.

⁶³Ibid.

⁶⁴Ibid., p. 61.

⁶⁵Corpus Christi Caller-Times, "Judge Dancy Hits Short Padre Park," March 1, 1961.

⁶⁶Ibid., p. 66.

⁶⁷Ibid.

⁶⁸Ibid., p. 67.

⁶⁹Ibid., p. 70.

⁷⁰Ibid., p. 73.

⁷¹Ibid., p. 74.

⁷²Ibid.

⁷³Ibid., pp. 74, 78.

⁷⁴Ibid., pp. 78-79.

⁷⁵Ibid., 78.

⁷⁶Ibid., pp. 78-79.

⁷⁷Ibid., p. 81.

⁷⁸Ibid., p. 83.

⁷⁹Letter from David M. Coover to Superintendent James McLaughlin, July 17, 1970.

⁸⁰Ibid., p. 84-84.

⁸¹Ibid., p. 84-85.

⁸²Ibid., p. 86.

⁸³Ibid., pp. 86-87.

⁸⁴Ibid., pp. 91-116.

⁸⁵Ibid., p. 101.

⁸⁶Ibid.

⁸⁷Ibid., p. 116.

⁸⁸Ibid., p. 118.

⁸⁹Ibid.

⁹⁰Ibid., p. 121.

⁹¹Ibid.

⁹²Ibid.

⁹³Ibid.

⁹⁴Ibid., pp. 123-124.

⁹⁵Ibid., p. 124.

⁹⁶Ibid., p. 125.

⁹⁷Ibid., p. 127.

⁹⁸Ibid., pp. 129-130.

⁹⁹Ibid., p. 113.

¹⁰⁰Ibid.

¹⁰¹Ibid., p. 134.

¹⁰²Ben H. Thompson, 10 April 1961 to Representative Joe M. Kilgore, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁰³Memorandum, to Director, NPS, from Jerome C. Miller, 21 April 1961, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁰⁴Memorandum, to Director, NPS, from Thomas J. Allen, 19 July 1961, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁰⁵R.L. Hirsch, 20 July 1961 letter to George W. Miller, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁰⁶Ibid.

¹⁰⁷Memorandum, to Director, NPS, from Thomas J. Allen, 27 July 1961, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹⁰⁸Congressional Record, 88th Congress, Senate, 29 June 1961, p. 11755.

¹⁰⁹Ibid., p. 18004.

¹¹⁰Ibid., p. 19090.

¹¹¹Ibid., p. 20748.

¹¹²Jerry Sadler, 29 August 1961 letter to Governor Price Daniel, in Congressional Record, 88th Congress, Senate, p. 19090.

¹¹³Notes on the Meeting of the Committee to Study the Feasibility of Developing Padre Island as a State Park, 2 October 1961, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹¹⁴Leslie P. Arnberger, 15 November 1961 memorandum to Thomas J. Allen, 1961 Readings File, PAIS Archives.

¹¹⁵Interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough, December 1993.

¹¹⁶Memorandum, to Regional Director, from Regional Chief of Division of Recreation Resource Planning, subject, "Meeting of Texas State Committee on Padre Island," November 15, 1961.

¹¹⁷Letter to Conrad Wirth from Governor Price Daniel, November 28, 1961.

¹¹⁸Letter to Governor Daniel from Conrad Wirth, January 2, 1962.

¹¹⁹Interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough, December 10, 1993.

¹²⁰Interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough, December 10, 1993.

¹²¹Senate Report No. 1226, 87th Congress, 2nd Session, pp. 14-15.

¹²²Ibid., pp. 16-22.

¹²³Congressional Record, Senate, 11 April 1962, p. 6422.

¹²⁴Ibid., pp. 6256-61.

¹²⁵Ibid., pp. 6261-65.

¹²⁶Ibid., pp. 6265-67.

¹²⁷Congressional Record, Senate, 11 April 1962, p. 6422.

¹²⁸Congressional Record, House, 13 August 1962, p. 16299.

¹²⁹Ibid., 11 September 1962, pp. 19102, 19104.

¹³⁰Ibid., 13 September 1962, pp. 19097-105, 19382.

¹³¹Congressional Record, Senate, 18 September 1962, pp. 19773-4.

¹³²Ibid., 28 September 1962, p. 21255.

¹³³"Sadler Says Padre Bill Causes Drop in Bonuses," 3 October 1962, Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

¹³⁴Ibid.

¹³⁵"Padre Bill Supporters Find Little Opposition--Land Commissioner Offers Cooperation," 31 January 1963, Corpus Christi Caller Times.

¹³⁶S.6., and "Deed to the United States of America Covering State of Texas Lands for Padre Island Seashore Area," 1963 Readings File, PAIS Archives.