Padre Island Administrative History

¹Grady Phelps, "Buildings on Padre deteriorating," Corpus Christi Caller-Times, June 16, 1973.

²Ibid.

³Ibid.

⁴Superintendent's Annual Report, 1972, p. 12.

⁵Ibid.

⁶McLaughlin, Superintendent's Annual Report, 1972, p. 12.

⁷Ibid., pp. 12-13.

⁸Grady Phelps, "Buildings on Padre Deteriorating," Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Saturday, June 16, 1973.

⁹Phelps, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Saturday, June 16, 1973; Superintendent's Annual Report, 1973, p. 12.

¹⁰Superintendent's Annual Report, Padre Island National Seashore, 1975 and 1976.

¹¹Corpus Christi Caller-Times, February 23, 1978.

¹²Superintendent's Annual Report, 1978, p. 4.

¹³Ibid.

¹⁴Historical Research Management Plan for Padre Island National Seashore, July 1967, Chapter 3, p. 3.

¹⁵Corpus Christi Caller-Times, August 10, 1970.

¹⁶Letter to Mr. James L. McLaughlin, Superintendent, from David M. Coover, July 17, 1970.

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

¹⁸Corpus Christi Caller-Times, August 10, 1970.

¹⁹News release, "Interior Secretary Hickel Halts Grazing on Padre Island National Seashore, Texas," September 4, 1970.

²⁰Interview with Ranger Tom McDaniel, September 1993.

²¹Master Plan, 1974, p. 1, p. 39.

²²Master Plan, 1974, pp. 2-9.

²³Ibid., p. 15.

²⁴Ibid., p. 15, p. 28.

²⁵Ibid., pp. 15-30.

²⁶Wilderness Recommendation, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, 1974, pp. 2-14.

²⁷Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Friday, February 18, 1972.

²⁸Corpus Christi Times, Friday, March 24, 1972.

²⁹Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Saturday, March 25, 1972.

³⁰Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Sunday, March 26, 1972.

³¹Superintendent's Annual Report, 1972, p. 18.

³²Superintendent's Annual Report, 1973, p. 17.

³³Bonnie Weise, et al. Padre Island National Seashore, 1980, pp. 64-65.

³⁴Memorandum, to Dick Whittington, from Jim Bowman, Biologist, July 1972.

³⁵Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Saturday, March 25, 1972.

³⁶July 1972 Memorandum.

³⁷Corpus Christi Caller-Times, July 17, 1972 and July 18, 1972.

³⁸Superintendent's Annual Report, 1976, pp. 6-7.

³⁹Ibid.

⁴⁰Superintendent's Annual Report, 1972, pp. 2-3.

⁴¹

⁴²Ibid.

⁴³Superintendent's Annual Report, 1974, p. 2.

⁴⁴Superintendent's Annual Report, 1975, p. 2.

⁴⁵Comments from Robert Whistler, December 1993.

⁴⁶"Padre Seashore Offenses Vary With the Season," Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 1970.

⁴⁷Superintendent's Annual Report, 1972, p. 7.

⁴⁸Superintendent's Annual Report, 1973, p. 5.

⁴⁹Superintendent's Annual Report, 1979, p. 4.

⁵⁰Superintendent's Annual Report, 1974, p. 16.

⁵¹Superintendent's Annual Report, 1975, p. 5.

⁵²Superintendent's Annual Report, 1976, p. 4.

⁵³Discussions with Robert Whistler, December 1993.

⁵⁴Correspondence with Robert Whistler in December 1993, commenting on the Voorhees report issued in January 1980.

⁵⁵Ibid.

⁵⁶Robert Whistler, "Bits and Pieces, Historical Information about the past of Padre Island, III," pp. 3-4.

⁵⁷Superintendent's Annual Report, 1979, p. 3.

⁵⁸Whistler, pp. 3-4.