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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEP_galveston-orphans-home-historical_Galveston-TX.html
The Island City Orphans Home of the 1870s and 1880s was created to provide refuge for Protestant and Jewish children in Galveston. The orphanage operated out of its original wooden structure for the next twelve years, narrowly escaping destruction…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDK_the-texas-navy_Galveston-TX.html
1836 - 1845 In commemoration of The Texas Navy that played heroic part in the struggle of the Texas Republic and made headquarters at the port of Galveston Erected by the Texas Society Daughters of the American Colonists April 21, 193…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PDJ_galveston-world-war-i-honor-roll_Galveston-TX.html
1917   Honor Roll   1918 We with uncovered head salute the sacred dead who went and who return not. McDonald, Margaret · Astal, Douglas N. · Berg, George · Bone, Albert R. · Brown, William H. &middo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCS_campeche-galveston-island_Galveston-TX.html
Discover Nature at the Beach ... the Shoreline You stand at the shoreline of a sandy 30-mile long barrier island, one of several that edge the Texas Coast and help protect the mainland from the sea. Straight ahead of you, across 650 miles of open…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCR_the-birds-of-galveston_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston is a narrow barrier island that hugs the upper Texas coast. This slender sliver of sand and beach hosts a precious diversity of wildlife, especially birds. Sandpipers, plovers, herons, egrets, waterfowl, gulls, terns, hawks, falcons, war…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBY_beach-invertebrates_Galveston-TX.html
Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. Standing on the beach, wading in the surf, or swimming in the waters, you can encounter many varieties of Gulf invertebrates such as sand dollars, jellyfish, snails, crabs, and shrimp. Sand Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P6V_galveston-seawall-and-grade-raising_Galveston-TX.html
Following the hurricane of 1900, the greatest natural disaster of U.S. history, with the loss of 6,000 lives, civil engineers designed and built a concrete seawall and raised the elevation of Galveston Island, using pioneering materials and method…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2R_duckys-beach_Galveston-TX.html
Dedicated in memory of F.M. "Ducky" Prendergast July 31, 1908 - October 29, 2002 Native Galvestonian Beach Entrepreneur Lifeguard for LIfe Ducky Prendergast was one of Galveston's original professional lifeguards. He was credited w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2Q_peter-leroy-colombo_Galveston-TX.html
Born in Galveston, Peter Leroy Colombo overcame disabilities to become a highly accomplished lifeguard. Born in 1905, Colombo lost his hearing, speech and use of his legs at the age of seven, due to meningitis. His brothers took him to the Texas c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZS_galveston-medical-college_Galveston-TX.html
First medical college in Texas and predecessor of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the school opened in 1865 as a branch of Soule University at Chappell Hill. Although equipment during the first session consisted of one skeleton, one obstet…
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