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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY4_ss-selma_Galveston-TX.html
SS Selma. . Steel shortages during World War I led the U.S. to build experimental concrete ships, the largest of which was the SS Selma, today partially submerged in Galveston Bay and visible from this site. It was built in Mobile, Alabama, and na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY3_burial-site-of-david-g-burnet-1788-1870_Galveston-TX.html
Burial Site of David G. Burnet (1788-1870). Provisional President of Texas (March 16, 1836 - Oct. 22, 1836). A man of strong principle who carried a gun in one pocket and a Bible in the other, Burnet acted as a cohesive force in the chaotic days o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY1_galveston-gateway-to-texas_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston: Gateway to Texas. . From the time of the earliest documented history, the Gulf of Mexico has been the main point of entry into Texas. Some settlers of the 1820s even came by keelboat, going ashore along the way to kill game, in the same…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY0_galveston-quarantine-stations_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston Quarantine Stations. . Unregulated entry of immigrants through the Port of Galveston in the late 1830s greatly contributed to local outbreaks of yellow fever and other communicable diseases. The young city instituted quarantine measures …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXZ_the-rev-henry-p-young_Galveston-TX.html
The Rev. Henry P. Young. (October 2, 1817-September 12, 1901). Born Heinrich P. Jung in Germany in 1817, the Rev. Henry P. Young began a Methodist ministry in Galveston in 1846. That year he founded the first Society of German Methodists in Texas.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXX_william-tennant-austin_Galveston-TX.html
William Tennant Austin. (January 30, 1809 - February 25, 1874). Born in Connecticut. Moved to Texas in 1829. Took part in Texas Revolution, participating in Siege of Bexar, 1835. Served as aide to Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas" (a distan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CX5_valentine-t-dalton_Galveston-TX.html
Valentine T. Dalton. . A veteran of the War of 18 12 who fought at the Battle of New Orleans Jan. 8, 1815 Born March 15, 1782 Died August 1, 1885 Erected by the State of Texas.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27N6_original-site-of-st-marys-orphan-asylum_Galveston-TX.html
Children orphaned by a yellow fever epidemic in 1867 were cared for temporarily in Galveston's St. Mary's Infirmary by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.
In 1874 Galveston Bishop Claude Dubuis bought the 35-acre plantation and home of…
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…