{"store":{"baseInfo":{"podcastTitle":"Port Isabel, Texas","slug":"portisabeltexas","podcastDescription":"Oddities & history & stories from the southernmost coast of Texas...\n\nExploring the big history of the little seaside town of Port Isabel. Located at the extreme south tip of Texas, Port Isabel has a long and storied history, and most of it's true!","podcastLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9208487/ms-icon-310x310.png","podcastShareLogo":null,"podcastUrl":"https://portisabeltexas.podbean.com","podcastCanSearched":false,"feedUrl":"https://feed.podbean.com/portisabeltexas/feed.xml","theme":"elegant","podcastDeepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-46am6-8c82a7?from=usersite","removePodbeanBranding":"no","brandingLogo":null,"timeZone":{"timeZoneId":11,"gmtAdjustment":"GMT-06:00","useDaylightTime":1,"value":-6,"text":"(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)","daylightStartTime":"Second Sunday Of March +2 Hours","daylightEndTime":"First Sunday Of November +2 Hours","timezone":"America/Chicago"},"podcastDownloads":null,"totalEpisodes":1,"showComments":true,"iOSAppDownloadLink":null,"customizeCssUrl":null,"androidAppDownloadLink":null,"showPostShare":true,"showLike":true,"author":"portisabeltexas","enableEngagementStats":false,"shareEmbedLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pbblog-46am6-8c82a7-playlist","language":"en","sensitivitySessionExpireTime":3600,"podcastApps":[{"name":"Podbean App","link":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-46am6-8c82a7?from=usersite","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/podbean-app.png","title":null}],"components":{"base":[{"id":"MainStyle","val":"light"},{"id":"Font","val":"Avenir"},{"id":"SecondaryFont","val":"Avenir"},{"id":"PlayerColor","val":"#8fc31f"},{"id":"PlayerStyle","val":"player1"},{"id":"PlayerWave","val":"show"},{"id":"Favicon","val":null},{"id":"CookiesNotice","val":"hide"},{"id":"CookiesNoticeContent","val":"

Cookies Notice

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies.

"}],"home-header":[{"id":"HomeHeaderTextColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"HomeHeaderBackgroundColor","val":"#ffffff"}],"page-header":[{"id":"PageHeaderTextColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"PageHeaderBackgroundColor","val":"#868686"}],"episode-list":[{"id":"EpisodeListType","val":"simple-list"},{"id":"EpisodesPerPage","val":10},{"id":"EpisodeStats","val":"show"}],"navigation":[{"id":"NavigationFontColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"NavigationBackgroundColor","val":"#e9e9e9"},{"id":"NavigationSearch","val":"show"},{"id":"NavigationLinks","val":[{"id":"Home","type":"Link","value":"/","text":"Home","subitems":[]},{"id":"Subscribe","type":"Link","value":"https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/9jwmk6s07ul1","text":"Subscribe","subitems":[]},{"id":"Profile","type":"Link","value":"https://www.podbean.com/user-6NRm6bizDun3","text":"Profile","subitems":[]}]}],"footer":[{"id":"FooterType","val":"Footer2"},{"id":"FooterFontColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"FooterBackgroundColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"FooterCopyright","val":"Copyright 2020 All rights reserved."},{"id":"SocialMediaLinks","val":{"facebook_username":"","twitter_username":"","instagram_username":"","youtube_username":"","linkedin_username":""}}],"customize-container1":[],"customize-container2":[]},"allLinks":[],"mainStylesDefaultSettings":null,"defaultCustomizeComponents":null,"scripts":["https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TP93LLY3WQ","\n window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n gtag('js', new Date());\n\n gtag('config', 'G-TP93LLY3WQ',{'allow_enhanced_conversions':true});\n"],"metas":null,"appConfig":{"package":"com.podbean.app.podcast","app_store_id":973361050,"app_name":"Podbean","scheme":"podbean"},"customizeCss":null,"canEditCss":null,"enableJsCodeInCustomizeContent":false,"enabledIframeCodeInCustomizeContent":false,"sectionMaxCount":10,"enableEditorLink":false,"enableEditCookiesNotice":false,"siteRedirectToFeed":false,"podcatcherRssUrl":null,"showFeed":true,"showTopBar":true,"enableWebSiteLike":true,"organizationName":null,"organizationPageLink":null},"backToListUrl":"/","tinymceLoaded":false,"listEpisodes":[],"userLikedEpisodes":[],"userLikeCheckedEpisodes":[],"topBarIframeLoaded":false,"listTotalCount":0,"listTotalPage":0,"listPage":0,"listType":"all","listValue":"","listName":"","pageLoading":false,"apiBaseUrl":"https://portisabeltexas.podbean.com","apiCommonParams":{"t":"684b146d","clientSignature":"83d9a506b7d73c781c3f0f9f68219a6a","u":null,"customizing":null},"apiCommonHeaders":{},"comments":[],"commentsTotalCount":0,"commentsTotalPage":0,"commentsPage":1,"commentEpisodeId":"pb15015117-5xt7b","episode":{"id":"pb15015117","idTag":"5xt7b","title":"Port Isabel 1895: “It Grew Epidemic”","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9208487/2020-07-31_03-29-00_300x300.png","shareLogo":null,"largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9208487/2020-07-31_03-29-00.png","previewContent":null,"content":"

An 1870’s slice of Port Isabel, Texas history, as read from an 1895 newspaper account:

IT GREW EPIDEMIC

The Curious Mania Which Swept Over a Texas Town.

Sane People Organized to Subdue the Craze Created by a Demented Preacher Who Did Strange Things.

","publishTimestamp":1596183801,"duration":364,"mediaUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5gne45/18950329_it-grew-epidemic_mixdown.mp3","mediaType":"audio/mpeg","shareLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pb-5xt7b-e51ccd","likedCount":1,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5xt7b-e51ccd","transcriptUrl":null,"permalink":"/e/port-isabel-1895-it-grew-epidemic/","downloadLink":"https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5xt7b-e51ccd?download=1","fallbackResource":null,"fallbackResourceMimetype":null,"downloadCount":15,"status":"publish","hasMoreContent":false,"chaptersUrl":null,"explicit":false},"episodeShareLink":null,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5xt7b-e51ccd","playlist":{"episodes":[],"current":0,"start":0,"stop":0,"playing":true,"playerLoading":true,"playbackRate":1,"playbackRateIndex":1},"toasts":[],"confirm":null,"customizeEditorFormZIndex":999,"lastRequestTime":null,"validateChangesOnBeforeunload":true,"windowWidth":1000,"VITE_FS1_CDN_URL_PREFIX":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1","reloadStats":false,"userIdEncrypted":null,"userProfilePicture":null,"username":null,"isVerified":false,"loadUserInfo":false,"loginUrl":"https://www.podbean.com/site/user/login?return=https%253A%252F%252Fportisabeltexas.podbean.com%252Fe%252Fport-isabel-1895-it-grew-epidemic%252F&rts=8edc7066832fe33948d20223aeade3764e26407b","recaptchaV3Loaded":false,"recaptchaV2Loaded":false,"likesLoaded":false,"commentLikeMap":{},"commentOffset":0},"episode":{"id":"pb15015117","idTag":"5xt7b","title":"Port Isabel 1895: “It Grew Epidemic”","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9208487/2020-07-31_03-29-00_300x300.png","shareLogo":null,"largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9208487/2020-07-31_03-29-00.png","previewContent":null,"content":"

An 1870’s slice of Port Isabel, Texas history, as read from an 1895 newspaper account:

IT GREW EPIDEMIC

The Curious Mania Which Swept Over a Texas Town.

Sane People Organized to Subdue the Craze Created by a Demented Preacher Who Did Strange Things.