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	Handbook of Texas Online: QUINTANA, TX
		Quintana is on the west side of the mouth of the Brazos River and on Farm roads 1495 and 723, directly across the Brazos River Harbor channel from Surfside, two miles southeast of Freeport in Brazoria County.
		Quintana was described variously in the latter half of the 1830s as one of the most delightful places in the country and as a place of "shanties and a mixed population of Yankees, Mexicans, and Indians." Other accounts mention a hotel, a pavilion, pool halls, and dance halls.
		Quintana was a favorite vacation spot for plantation families; it had a row of fine homes along the ridge of the beach.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/QQ/hnq3.html (613 words)

	Quintana, Texas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Quintana is a town located in (Click link for more info and facts about Brazoria County, Texas) Brazoria County, Texas.
		Quintana is located at 28°55'29" North, 95°19'6" West (28.924819, -95.318331).
		Out of the total population, 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quintana,_texas.htm (441 words)

	Quintana, Texas.
		Quintana was a major port for Austin's Colony and a vacation spot for inland families to escape the summer heat.
		The brick was reportedly not from Texas - and may have been ballast from arriving ships - discarded when cargo was taken on.
		Quintana for years has been a favorite destination for beach goers wanting to avoid Galveston crowds.
	www.texasescapes.com /TexasGulfCoastTowns/QuintanaTexas.htm (352 words)

	Quintana Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Quintana, age 32, faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
		Quintana admitted that from December 1997 through May 1999, he executed a scheme to defraud and obtain money from Student Insurance in connection with the payment for health care benefits and services.
		Quintana admitted that he created false health insurance reimbursement claims, processed the false claims, caused checks to be issued, intercepted the checks before they were mailed, deposited the checks into his own personal bank account and took the funds for his own use.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/txn/PressRel01/quintana.pr.htm (225 words)

	QUINTANA, Gateway to the Texas Gulf Coast
		Quintana, an island located between the mouth of the Old Brazos River and the New Brazos River on the Texas Gulf coast, has been a community since 1532.
		Modern day Quintana is a natural family beach that is also home to the Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, Other attractions include a County beach park, which has full RV hookups, boardwalks to the beach, showers, and restrooms.
		Quintana's recycling efforts were noted in a video by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission as being "the smallest Town in Texas to curbside recycle".
	www.quintana-tx.org (312 words)

	Quintana Texas Resource Guide, City or community of Quintana, Texas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
		Quintana is positioned 28.93 degrees north of the equator and 95.31 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Quintana was named for General Adreas Quintana, the deputy minister of Mexican Foreign and Internal Affairs.
		Quintana is a man-made island on the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /txcountyquintana.htm (490 words)

	History of the Barker Texas History Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		While the official existence of the Barker Texas History Center dates from its opening in April, 1950, its beginning is deeply rooted in the early history of the University of Texas.
		Texas was part of Mexico for 250 years before it became an Anglo-American possession.
		She earned her M.A. in history at the University of Texas in 1925 and was employed at the Texas State Library from 1923 to 1925 with the title of acting archivist.
	www.cah.utexas.edu /collectioncomponents/barkerhistory.html (11007 words)

	Quintana Texas
		This page includes photographs and travel information about a secret Texas coastal travel destination, unknown to most tourist, this picturesque little town is definitely worth a visit.
		Quintana is also located next to Bryan Beach State Park a secluded, un-crowded alternative to Galveston's beaches.
		, Quintana is a very old town, platted in 1883, a popular resort for the plantation owners, who built their summer homes along the beach.
	www.texasexplorer.net /quintana.htm (489 words)

	Quintana Qr - Rooworld.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vacation area for the whole family Quintana, an island located between the mouth of the Old Brazos River and the New Brazos River on Modern day Quintana is a natural family beach that is also.
		Quintana was named for General Adreas Quintana, the deputy minister of Mexican.
		Quintana Roo State is located in the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula at the southeastern tip of Mexico.
	www.99hosted.com /names14534.html (526 words)

	Controversial gas deal involved Bush's brother Neil / Harbor commission offered investment firm an exclusive lease
		The long, narrow island is home to the town of Quintana, population 40; a bird sanctuary, miles of beach and a brand-new bridge connecting it to the mainland.
		The terminal on Quintana Island will have the capacity to send out about 1.5 billion cubic feet a day of LNG -- a cooled and condensed form of natural gas that was previously not considered profitable.
		The Quintana project is the first to benefit from an agreement by the energy commission and two other federal agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Department of Transportation, to coordinate reviews of LNG permit applications.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/07/MNG3Q9ME2V1.DTL (1600 words)

	QUINTANA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Quintana, is an island located between the mouth of the Old Brazos and New Brazos Rivers.
		Quintana Beach County Park is a unique, fifty-acre park offering amenities such as RV sites, restrooms and showers.
		Quintana became a beach resort community in the 1800's so that the families of plantation owners could escape the summer heat.
	bchm.org /Sites/Quintan.html (264 words)

	GKG \| Executive Management Team
		Quintana has managed engineering, design, consulting, and programming projects for the U.S. Department of Defense, Texas A&M University, the Mexican Department of Defense, and PEMEX (the national Mexican Petroleum Company).
		Quintana is Founder and President of VerCom Systems, Inc. a fourteen year old IT consulting firm based at the Texas A&M University Research Park in College Station, Texas.
		Quintana provides a macro-view of software development and implementation techniques for large-scale projects, and his skills in data and statistical analysis aid GKG in the development of high volume network systems monitoring tools.
	www.gkg.net /info/bios.html (1046 words)

	QUINTANA On the Texas Gulf Coast
		Quintana's Neotropical Bird Sanctuary opened in 1994 with the Town's purchase of a small tract of land across from the Town Hall and a grant through Partners in Flight.
		The Quintana Cemetery is essentially a family plot with members of the related Seaburn and Bowers Families.
		Captain Henry Seaburn, a German Immigrant born in 1815, settled in Quintana in 1840 and became a master carpenter and shipbuilder.
	www.quintana-tx.org /attractions.htm (569 words)

	Quintana Rose Beach House Rentals - Quintana Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Quintana Rose & The Quintana Sun are cozy little beach houses on the island of Quintana, located south of Houston down Hwy 288 to Freeport.
		The Quintana Rose has a covered deck with a porch swing, the Quintan Sun has an open deck with deck chairs.
		Quintana Beach County Park, fronting the Gulf of Mexico, is uniquely located on Quintana Island only 2 blocks from the houses.
	www.tropicrentals.com /quintana_beach_rental (473 words)

	Freeport, Texas
		Includes Quintana, Texas' oldest seaport where Stephen F. Austin's first colonists landed in 1822, Historic village of Velasco, where peace treaty between Texas and Mexico was signed after Texas had won its independence on the battlefield of San Jacinto (see DEER PARK), is now part of adjacent Surfside Beach.
		Surfside bridge on Texas 332 east spans Intracoastal Waterway to waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
		Surfside, San Luis, Bryan and Quintana beaches and numerous bays and sloughs are nationally known roosting grounds for migratory birds.
	www.lone-star.net /mall/txtrails/freeport.htm (473 words)

	Quintana Swing Bridge :: Spanning the Intercoastal Canal between mainland Texas and Quintana Island, Quintana, Texas, ...
		The Quintana swing bridge connected tiny Quintana Island with mainland Texas across the Intercoastal Canal.
		By the late 1990’s the Texas Department of Transportation had come up with a feasible plan to add a bridge to Quintana Island.
		But isolationists said it was just a ploy by developers to get their hands on another pristine part of the Texas coast, and money for the $9,000,000.00 bridge would be better spent on other projects like upgrading the area’s hurricane evacuation road, currently only one lane wide.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/551.php (524 words)

	Volunteers try to rebuild dunes after Frances' fury
		Nowhere is that more evident than in Quintana, where the ocean has moved 50 to 100 feet farther inland, The Facts of Brazoria County reported Sunday.
		Quintana and state officials are hopeful these small ridges will become large sand dunes over time.
		In Quintana, beach the width of a two-lane road is the only thing between the ocean and houses.
	www.texnews.com /1998/texas/dunes0928.html (308 words)

	Quintana Texas Vacation Rentals - Vacation Accommodations - Vacation House/Cottage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Quintana Rose has a TV and VCR, the Quintana Sun has a TV and DVD.
		Directly in front of the houses is the drive-on section of Quintana Beach.
		To the right of the houses is the Quintana Beach County Park.
	www.keysforrent.com /listing1145.html (153 words)

	Quintana Beach Texas Vacation Home. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Quintana is an island surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, the Intracoastal Waterway, the Mouth of the Brazo's River and the Freeport Shipping Canal.
		The Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary is the best spot to view migrant birds during their migrations each fall and spring.
		The Quintana Beach County Park offers camping, picnicking, a pedestrian beach, outside showers and free summer programs for children.
	www.beachfront-rentals.com /tx/819.htm (225 words)

	Quintana Beach Vacation Rentals Beach-House 3BR, Oceanfront, Freeport - Quintana Island / Quintana Beach, Texas USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Bryan Beach State Recreation Facility and Quintana Beach County Park are located on opposite ends of the island.
		Quintana is home to many migratory birds, and it's home to a bird sanctuary.
		Quintana is a non-commercialized, beautiful, natural, family beach -- and the home to lots of wildlife.
	www.a1vacations.com /quintanabeach/1 (588 words)

	Useful Fishing Texas Vacation Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Texas Fishing - Texas Fishing great Fishing people and lodges go on you deserve it Texas Fishing...
		Attractions: 1 Block from the Quintana Beach County Park, great fishing, swimming, shelling, surfing and bird watching.
		Texas -- a secret Immediate family** United -minute ticket purchased at At Alaska fly in fishing vacation Budget...
	www.fishingdirectory.co.uk /information/fi-fi_information8/fishing-texas-vacation.html (458 words)

	Quintana Texas Vacation Rental Cabin, Relax and enjoy the Gulf breezes, on the porch swing. One block from the beach. ...
		Quintana Texas Vacation Rental Cabin, Relax and enjoy the Gulf breezes, on the porch swing.
		A block in front of the house is 7 miles of drive on beach that stretch from the mouth of the Brazos river to the Quintana Jetties.
		The island of Quintana is know for its bird sanctuary and constant stream of bird watchers.
	www.timeawayrentals.com /listing.asp?pid=10204 (401 words)

	Dow Corporate News: Dow and Freeport LNG Development Reach 20-year LNG Terminal Use Agreement
		It is anticipated that the first phase of the LNG terminal facility will be designed with storage capacity of 320,000 cubic meters (6.9 billion cubic feet) with a vaporization send-out rate of 1.5 billion cubic feet per day.
		The natural gas would be transported through a 9.4-mile pipeline that will extend to Stratton Ridge, Texas, which is a major point of interconnection for a number of Texas intrastate systems.
		The partnership, whose sole general partner is controlled 100% by Michael S. Smith, is responsible for all regulatory, technical and commercial functions of developing and operating the proposed facility.
	news.dow.com /corporate/2004/20040226c.htm (786 words)

	Texas, United States, Rentals: Quintana Rose Rentals
		Cozy Island Getaway, off the coast of Freeport on the Island of Quintana.
		One block from the beach, and the Quintana Beach County Park.
		Quintana Beach County Park, has 2 miles of pedestrian beach, historical homes, and a great board walk leading to the beach.
	www.ivponline.com /vacation-rentals/united-states_rentals_texas_id-1705.html (223 words)

	Vacation Rentals .com - Quintana Beach Texas Quintana Rose Beach House Rentals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		We are located south of Houston Texas, Hwy 288 to Freeport.
		The houses are air conditioned and have heaters for the off season, with outside showers for rinsing off the sand.
		The houses are located 1 block from the beach, and 2 Blocks from the Quintana Beach 50 acre county park on the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.vacationrentals.com /vacation-rentals/3254.html (374 words)

	Quintana vacation rentals Texas Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Located on a sparsely populated island, adjacent to Galveston Island, Texas, fifty miles south of Houston, Texas, 'Quintana Beach Place' is a lovely three bedroom two bath, tastefully decorated oceanfront home on the Gulf Coast.
		Quintana is the home to a bird sanctuary, and has many migratory birds.
		The property is located on the Gulf Coast, about 55 miles south of Houston Texas, on Rt #288 or 41 miles south of Galveston on the Coast Road the 'Blue Water Highway'.
	www.greatrentals.com /TX/14820.html (515 words)

	Quintana, Texas (TX) 1st Mortgage
		In addition, if you are seeking real estate, use the links to the left of this message for homes for sale listings, real estate agents and much more to assist you with finding the home of your dreams.
		This list will help find Quintana, TX mortgage brokers and lenders in order to assist you with your home loan and personal financing needs.
		Envision being able to compare home loan options in Quintana from a secure location without having to wait on the telephone for hours and without even leaving your residence.
	www.1st-mortgage.us /texas/quintana_texas.html (387 words)

	12/21/03 News Release
		Natural gas will be transported through a 9.4-mile pipeline to Stratton Ridge, Texas, which is a major point of interconnection with the Texas intrastate gas pipeline system.
		The Freeport LNG terminal is being developed in response to the growing need for new natural gas supplies for commercial, industrial and residential consumers in Texas.
		Headquartered in Houston, the company had approximately 54,800 employees, $82 billion of assets, and $106 billion of annualized revenues as of Sept. 30, 2003.
	www.conocophillips.com /newsroom/news_releases/2003releases/122103_lng.htm (468 words)

	Brazosport, Texas Attractions
		Quintana, Bryan and Surfside Beaches are a few of the favorite hot spots in the area.
		Diving is rapidly becoming a popular activity with the Texas Flower Gardens as an underwater main attraction.
		There is no shortage of activities to entertain people in the Brazosport Area.
	www.tourtexas.com /brazosport/brazosport_attractions.html (193 words)

	Silver Eagle's Quintana King Letterbox in Quintana, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary is a small grove of salt cedars providing a critical migrant stopover on the Upper Gulf Coast.
		It is part of the San Bernard Loop described on the Upper Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail map.
		Even if you don't see any of these birds, you should see the Quintana King lurking in the bushes.
	www.geocities.com /sileagle1/TX/Txbirdtrail/Quintana (346 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: DUVAL, BURR H.
		He was educated at St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was one of three brothers who aided the Texas struggle for independence from Mexico.
		marched to Louisville, traveled by steamer to New Orleans, and on December 28, 1835, landed at Quintana, Texas, Velasco's rival town at the mouth of the Brazos River.
		About the middle of January 1836 the company sailed to Copano, then a principal Texas port on Aransas Bay, and marched to Refugio and then to Goliad, where the men became part of Fannin's Provisional Regiment of Volunteers.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/DD/fdu31.html (504 words)

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