Port Isabel
Port Isabel may refer to: Places *Port Isabel, Texas, USA; a city in Cameron County *Port Isabel, Sonora, Mexico; a former port (1864-1879) at the mouth of the Colorado River * Port Isabel Independent School District, Cameron County, Texas, USA *Port Isabel Slough, Sonora, Mexico; a slough in the Colorado River Facilities and structures * Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport, Texas, USA * Port Isabel Air Force Station, Brownsville, Texas, USA * Port Isabel Detention Center, Los Fresnos, Texas, USA; a federal ICE detention center * Port Isabel High School, Port Isabel, Texas, USA See also * Point Isabel (other) * Isabel (other) * Port (other) A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. Port or PORT may also refer to: Transportation * Airport, for air transport * Spaceport, for space vehicles * Gun port, an opening in the side of the hull of a ship, above the w ...

Port Isabel, Texas
Port Isabel is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. The population was 5,006 at the 2010 census. The city's name is given to the Port Isabel Detention Center, to the northwest next to the Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport. History Established as a town after the Mexican War of Independence, Port Isabel became an important cotton-exporting port before the American Civil War. The harbor, town and lighthouse all were fought over and exchanged hands during the Civil War. In September 1967, Hurricane Beulah caused extensive damage to much of the city. On July 23, 2008, Hurricane Dolly, a category 2 storm, also caused extensive damage to the city. Geography Port Isabel is located in eastern Cameron County at 26°4'25" North, 97°12'48" West (26.073675, –97.213234), on the western side of the south end of Laguna Madre, an estuary of the Gulf of Mexic ...
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Port Isabel, Sonora
Port Isabel was a seaport established on Port Isabel Slough in 1865 during the American Civil War in Sonora, Mexico in the mouth of the Colorado River on the Gulf of California. It was founded to support the increased river traffic caused by the gold rush that began in 1862 on the Colorado River and the Yuma Quartermaster Depot newly established in 1864 to support the Army posts in the Arizona Military District. The slough was discovered in 1865 by the Captain W. H. Pierson of the schooner ''Isabel'', that first used the slough to transfer its cargo to steamboats safe from the tidal bore of the Colorado River. Shortly afterward Port Isabel was established 3 miles up the slough and replaced Robinson's Landing as the place where cargo was unloaded in the river from seagoing craft on to flat bottomed steamboats of the Colorado River and carried up to Fort Yuma and points further north on the river. By 1867, Port Isabel, was situated on Port Isabel Slough whose mouth lay to th ...
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Port Isabel Independent School District
Point Isabel Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Isabel, Texas, United States. In addition to Port Isabel, the district serves the towns of Laguna Vista and South Padre Island, as well as the unincorporated Cameron County community of Laguna Heights. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Port Isabel Slough
Port Isabel Slough was a deep slough in the Colorado River Delta near the mouth of the Colorado River during the 19th century, within the state of Sonora, Mexico. History Until the Great Flood of 1862, what became Port Isabel Slough was a shallow tidewater slough, but the extreme flood waters of that year cut its channel much deeper, so that at low tide it still was three fathoms deep. The mouth of this slough was only 5 miles from the mouth of the river and 2 miles east of the main river at Philips Point, in the 1870s located at , marking the head of the eastern dis-tributary channel of the Colorado, separated by from the main river and the Gulf of California by Montague Island and Gore Island. The slough was sheltered from the extremes of the tidal bore of the Colorado River and deep enough to prevent stranding on shoals or mud flats at low tide. This made it an ideal anchorage for maritime craft to load and unload their cargo and passengers from the steamboats that took ...
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Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport
Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport is a public airport in Cameron County, Texas, United States, serving the city of Port Isabel, Texas. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport is assigned PIL by the FAA and has no IATA designation. IATA assigned PIL to Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport in Pilar, Paraguay. The Port Isabel Detention Center, operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is located adjacent to the airport. The airport previously used the FAA LID of T31 until at least July 1992. This designation was subsequently reassigned to Aero Country Airport in McKinney, Texas. History The airfield was built by the U.S. military in the 1940s and used by the United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy for gunnery training. The base was closed in the early 1960s and most base facilities were turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 1961-1963 for renovation ...
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Port Isabel Air Force Station
Port Isabel Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-190) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located north-northeast of Brownsville, Texas. It was closed in 1961. History Port Isabel Air Force Station came into existence as part of Phase III of the Air Defense Command Mobile Radar program. On October 20, 1953 ADC requested a third phase of twenty-five radar sites be constructed. The 811th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to the former Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Air Station on 1 January 1958. It operated an AN/FPS-3A search radar and an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radar at the site, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. The Air Force inactivated Port Isabel AFS on 1 June 1961 due to budgetary constraints. Today the site is part of the ...
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Port Isabel Detention Center
The Port Isabel Service Processing Center near Los Fresnos, Texas holds detainees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose immigration status or citizenship has not been officially determined or who are awaiting repatriation. It is operated by Ahtna Support and Training Services. History Port Isabel was built in 1950 and added a new building in 2007. The facility holds about 1,200 detainees, and intake approximately 9,500 detainees per year. Unarmed guards at Port Isabel receive 67 hours of training and Armed guards get an extra eight hours of firearms instruction. Detainees get two hot meals and one cold meal a day, and all outgoing mail is photocopied. Controversies On April 22, 2009, some detainees began a hunger strike, alleging violations of due process, inadequate access to medical care and legal resources, and various other abuses. On February 10, 2010, detainees went on a series of staggered hunger strikes in protest of inhumane conditions and advoca ...
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Port Isabel High School
Port Isabel High School (PIHS) is a 4A public high school located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States. It is the sole high school in the Point Isabel Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated " met standard" by the Texas Education Agency. As of 2019, the school is no longer a part of the Blended Learning system following the arrival of new superintendent Theresa Alarcon and principal Imelda Munivez. Athletics The Port Isabel Tarpons compete in:http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Port-Isabel/ *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country running *Football *Golf *Marching band *Powerlifting *Soccer *Softball *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... References External links Official website High schools in Cam ...
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Point Isabel (other)
Point Isabel may refer to several places in the United States: *Point Isabel (promontory), on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, California *Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, a multi-use park in Richmond, California *Point Isabel, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Point Isabel, Kentucky, now Burnside * Point Isabel, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Port Isabel, Texas, a city **Point Isabel Light, a lighthouse ** Point Isabel Independent School District * Point Isabel, Virginia, or Robley, an unincorporated community See also * Port Isabel (other) * Isabel (other) * Point (other) Point or points may refer to: Places * Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland * Point ...

Isabel (other)
Isabel (French variation, Isabelle) is a feminine given name. It is also a surname. Isabel or Isabelle may also refer to: Film and television * ''Isabel'' (film), a 1968 Canadian film * ''Isabel'' (TV series), a Spanish historical fiction TV series based upon Queen Isabella I of Castile * Isabel (''The Office''), a character in ''The Office'' People * Isabel of Gloucester (c. 1173 – 1217) * Saint Isabelle of France (1225–1270) * Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1247–1271) * Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305–1330) * Isabel of Majorca (1337–1406) * Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (1397–1471) * Isabel of Coimbra (1432–1455), Queen Consort of Alphonse V of Portugal * Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921) * Isabel, a figure in the Book of Mormon * Thibault Isabel (born 1978), French writer and publisher Places Philippines * Isabel, Leyte * Isabel Island (Philippines) Solomon Islands * Isabel Province United States * Isabel, ...
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