South Padre Island community and business leader Dennis Franke is seeing his dream of a historical museum on the Island coming to fruition after years of planning and fund raising.

New Museum Gives SPI A Heritage

Three South Padre Island community leaders met in 2009 to advance an idea that their city could be more than a beach resort destination. Dennis Franke, Steve Hathcock and Rod Bates founded the South Padre Island Historical Foundation with the expressed goal of establishing a museum of history. The wish of having a museum featuring the history of the Island seemed like a longshot given the resources it would take…

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