Queen Isabel Inn - Opened in 1906 as the Point
Isabel Tarpon & Fishing Club to serve tourists and businessmen
traveling on the Rio Grande Railroad. As the Point's first and only
hotel for more than 20 years, the hotel was the site for many
significant events in the town's history, including President-elect
Warren Harding's vacation in November, 1920. The hotel was also the
birthplace and headquarters for the Rio Grande Valley Fishing Rodeo
started in 1934 by the hotel's manager, Dr. J. A. Hockaday. The
rodeo is now the Texas International Fishing Tournament. Hurricanes
in 1933 and 1967 changed some of the building's exterior features.
Storms, modernization, and ownership are reasons for some floor and
name changes of the hotel over the past 90 years.