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Padre national seashore1/25/2024 ![]() At one time, Father Jose Nicolas Balli', i.e. Too far south and you'll need your feet or a four wheel drive vehicle. This is North Padre Island and a shoreline so long and wonderful, you'll spend countless hours just wandering up and down it. It's not far from Corpus Christi, and no, it's not the South Padre Island known more for Spring Break. Below: Sand dunes reaching toward the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore. Photo above: Existing buildings of the Novillo Line Camp ranch. Modern salvage efforts began in the 1960s. Over thirty-five thousand pounds of treasure were found, but fifty-one thousand still waits at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. There had been $9.8 million worth of treasure on those ships. When news of the shipwrecks reached Spain, a salvage mission was sent. The local Karankawa Indians offered food as assistance, then attacked them. Of the survivors who made it off the ship, more hardships were to come. Three hundred and the four hundred people on the voyage died. On April 29, a storm hit, and three ships, the San Esteban, Espiritu Santo, and Santa Maria de Yciar ran aground on the sand bars. Wreck of the 300 - On April 9, 1554, four Spanish ships left Veracruz, Mexico, for home, but only one made it past Padre Island. Novillo was the northernmost camp, followed by Black Hill and Green Hill. It was a ranch that needed few fences, due to the natural water boundaries, except for the south boundary near Mansfield Channel. ![]() He moved down to South Padre from Corpus Christi and built three line camps fifteen miles apart on the island with an initial herd of four hundred. Novillo Line Camp - Over three quarters of the island was a ranching operation operated by Pat Dunn from 1879 until 1937.
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