NEWSTALK 860 » san jacinto battleground state park http://ksfa860.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Battleship Texas Dry Berth Plans On Hold http://ksfa860.com/battleship-texas-dry-berth-plans-on-hold/ http://ksfa860.com/battleship-texas-dry-berth-plans-on-hold/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:05:21 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=80054 Because of the ever increasing costs of repairing the old dreadnought, plans to build a dry berth around the ancient Battleship Texas have been moved to the back burner - for now.  The old ship's future -- if it even has one -- is now in serious doubt.

The ship's managers are spending all the money they're getting from the state just to fix all the leaks and keep her afloat in her mooring at the San Jacinto Battleground State Park.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/battleship-texas-dry-berth-plans-on-hold/feed/ 0 source: USS Texas BB35 It's San Jacinto Day – Anniversary Of The Battle That Won Texas Independence http://ksfa860.com/its-san-jacinto-day-anniversary-of-battle-that-won-texas-independence/ http://ksfa860.com/its-san-jacinto-day-anniversary-of-battle-that-won-texas-independence/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:56:26 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=3866 Today — April 21st – is the 175th anniversary of the historic battle that won Texas independence from Mexico. Several thousand people celebrated that day last weekend at the San Jacinto Battleground State Park outside Houston.

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