Yacht Club Hotel and Restaurant souvenir menu

Creator

Identifier

ELIBR0002-Yacht Club Menu

Files

Creation Date

1989

Keywords

1920-1929, 1980-1989, 1990-1990, Texas--Port Isabel, Entertainment, Food eateries, Restaurants

Description

In 1927, the Yacht Club Hotel was built by a corporation to be used as a private club. The original membership consisted of the most prominent Rio Grande Valley families with members from Laredo, Rio Grande City and San Antonio. It had a marina at that time, and was a very active club for the social and weekend gatherings of South Texas society. When the crash of 1929 came, Mr. Shary of Sharyland in the Lower Rio Grande Valley bought out the original members and opened the doors to the public. For many years it retained its reputation as being "the" place to eat while at the beach, and was visited by such important personages as Charles A. Lindberg and ex-Governor Shivers. 1989ca

Physical Description

.PDF, 2 Pages, Text, Illustrations, 10 MB

Recommended Citation

John H. Shary Collection, UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/johnshary/