Yesterday we visited the Fulton Mansion in Rockport, TX. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but my friend Rita sent me a picture when they toured it in 2006. The mansion reminds me of the big houses on the near west side of Cleveland that were built when the rich people lived near downtown. (Now most of them have been turned into Section 8 housing). The most interesting part of the tour was they way the Fultons got their money. Mrs. Fulton’s father was a powerful politician in Texas. Many soldiers and government workers were paid with land since Texas didn’t have much money after it split from Mexico. The father purchased a lot of land from people that would rather have the money. When he died he left 28,000 acres to his daughter (and Mr. Fulton). Now the interesting part. There were lots of stray cattle in Texas, and the land had a lot of these strays. If it didn’t have a brand on the cattle then it belonged to whoever owned the land it was standing on. Mr. And Mrs Fulton instantly became cattle barons.
Today we went to the Corpus Christi Aquarium. In addition to all the fish, they had some sea turtles that had been injured in the wild. They also had three dolphins that were born in captivity. They put on a show with their trainers. The trainers were able to go through the whole show without getting grabbed by their ponytails and dragged underwater by one of these lovable scamps.
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