Galveston S Broadway Cemeteries

Author : Kathleen Shanahan Maca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439652350

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Galveston's Broadway Cemeteries by Kathleen Shanahan Maca Pdf

Beginning in 1839 with the donation of four square blocks of land, the grouping of cemeteries on the central boulevard of Galveston has grown to include seven separate cemeteries within their gates. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it is the resting place of famous and infamous citizens from Galveston's colorful past, including veterans from every war between 1812 and the present, heroes, scoundrels, philanthropists, murderers, pioneers of the Republic of Texas, groundbreaking scientists, and working-class citizens from around the world. Due to several grade raisings, there are up to three layers of burials within the cemetery, with some of the markers being lost forever. The stories of some of the "residents" are gathered here for you to enjoy.

Author : Cynthia Leal Massey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493048618

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What Lies Beneath by Cynthia Leal Massey Pdf

Unearth the Mysteries of Those Who Lie Beneath the Oldest Graveyards in the Lone Star State Texas, the second largest state, both in land mass and population, has more than 50,000 cemeteries, graveyards, and burial grounds. As the final resting places of those whose earthly journey has ended, they are also repositories of valuable cultural history. The pioneer cemeteries—those from the 19th century—provide a wealth of information on the people who settled Texas during its years as a Republic (1836-1845), and after it became the 28th state in 1845. In What Lies Beneath: Texas Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards, author Cynthia Leal Massey exhumes the stories of these pioneers, revealing the intriguing truth behind the earliest graveyards in the Lone Star State, including some of its most ancient. This guide also provides descriptions of headstone features and symbols, and demystifies the burial traditions of early Texas pioneers and settlers.

Author : Kathleen Shanahan Maca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781439672396

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The Ghostly Tales of Galveston by Kathleen Shanahan Maca Pdf

Welcome to the spooky streets of Galveston! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that the worst natural disaster in American history happened here, leaving behind thousands of ghosts? Or that the spirit of the famous pirate Jean Lafitte still roams the Galveston coast? Can you believe that a tourist attraction that claims to be haunted (just for fun), is really haunted? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Galveston, and have you sleeping with the light on! ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Author : Alex Wukman
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581579864

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Explorer's Guide Galveston, South Padre Island & the Texas Gulf Coast: A Great Destination by Alex Wukman Pdf

"Consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered...Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed. Strong on dining, lodging, culture, and history."—National Geographic Traveler. Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Explorer's Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include: Chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more! A section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundry mats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information. Maps of regions and locales. From the sea border with Mexico to the Louisiana shore, the coast of Texas is rich in history, recreation, and natural and architectural beauty and is a major destination for both Texans and non-Texans alike.

Author : Jan Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467146555

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Yellow Fever on Galveston Island by Jan Johnson Pdf

Jan Johnson provides a definitive account of Galveston's fight against outbreaks of Yellow Fever, which transformed an island paradise into the City of Dreadful Death. In the summer of Galveston's founding year, a mysterious malady accompanied by black vomit descended upon the inhabitants. Names for the devastating plague came quick and fast as the body count rose. Saffron Scourge. Bronze John. Yellow Jack. Yellow Fever. The disease's cause and cure remained elusive, as did the medical institutions Galveston would need treat the illness. Four thousand souls perished in nine epidemics between 1839 and 1867. By the time of Galveston's final Yellow Fever outbreak in 1903, however, residents were better informed and equipped. Discover the key figures and pivotal events of the island city's experience with the mosquito-borne disease.

Author : Jan Johnson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439665312

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Unforgettable Galveston Characters by Jan Johnson Pdf

From financiers of the Texas Revolution to contestants in the Pageant of Pulchritude, the shores of Galveston enticed and cultivated a host of memorable men and women. Bishops and bookies, concert pianists and cotton tycoons--all left an indelible print on their remarkable home. Magnolia Willis Sealy and the members of the Women's Health Protective Association reshaped the ravages of the Great Storm into the glories of the Oleander City. The benevolent activism of Norris Wright Cuney transformed the social landscape, while actress Charlotte Walker and painter Boyer Gonzales Sr. extended the island's cultural reach abroad. Jan Johnson keeps company with Galveston's most fascinating characters.

Author : Elizabeth Hayes Turner Associate Professor of History University of Houston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780195358674

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Women, Culture, and Community : Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920 by Elizabeth Hayes Turner Associate Professor of History University of Houston Pdf

In this work, Elizabeth Turner addresses a central question in post-Reconstruction social history: why did middle-class women expand their activities from the private to the public sphere and begin, in the years just before World War I, an unprecedented activism? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner examines how a generally conservative, traditional environment could produce important women's organizations for Progressive reform. She concludes that the women of Galveston, though slow to respond to national movements, were stirred to action on behalf of their local community. Local organizations, particularly Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, and traditional everyday social activities provided a nurturing environment for budding reformers, and a foundation for activist organizations and programs such as poor relief and progressive reform. Ultimately, women became politicized even as they continued their roles as guardians of traditional domestic values. Women, Culture, and Community will appeal to scholars and students of the post-Reconstruction South, women's history, activist history, and religious history.

Author : United Daughters of the Confederacy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UVA:X006011734

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The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine by United Daughters of the Confederacy Pdf

Author : Lucinda Freeman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781450275101

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Historic Houston: How to See It by Lucinda Freeman Pdf

In HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT, Lucinda Freeman brings Houstons history to life by coupling entertaining stories that highlight influential personalities and key historical events with day-trip itineraries, providing a comprehensive and useful guidebook for heritage tourists interested in the history of Houston and surrounding region. Freeman is a native Houstonian, a fifth-generation Texan, and the daughter of two parents who also wrote books on Houstons history. She relies on careful research and personal experience to offer unforgettable adventures into early Houston and Texas. She brings to light colorful historical characters like Sam Houston, Deaf Smith, and legendary cattle rustler and oilman Shanghai Pierce. Freeman also recounts stories of immigrants and highlights events from key time periods like the Texas Revolution, Antebellum Texas, and the Civil War, offering guided day-trip plans for seeing it all, including historical markers, museums, plantations, battle sites, and renovated historical buildings. HISTORIC HOUSTON: HOW TO SEE IT com bines historical facts and easy to- follow itineraries with captivating anecdotes about the famous, the infamous, the heroic, and the eccentric in order to provide a fascinating, in-depth glimpse into a forward-thinking city and region with great personality and character. For more information about the book and related projects and events, visit www.historichoustontourism.com

Author : Ellen Beasley,Stephen Fox
Publisher : Galveston Historical Foundation
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018395827

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Galveston Architecture Guidebook by Ellen Beasley,Stephen Fox Pdf

The Galveston Architecture Guidebook will be invaluable to all those who visit Galveston. Historic preservationists, scholars of nineteenth-century material culture, architects, and historians will be fascinated by the broad range of buildings and urban conditions it documents. Finally, anyone interested in Galveston or the Gulf Coast will find in this book a wealth of information.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681622316

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Sons of the Republic of Texas by Anonim Pdf

The Sons of the Republic of Texas tells the story of the Republic of Texas beginning with its birth on April 21, 1836. Includes a brief history of the Sons of the Republic of Texas from 1893 to the present. The text is complemented by over 100 pages of family and ancestral biographies of members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas past and present. Indexed

Author : Betty Dooley Awbrey,Claude Dooley
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781589794825

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Why Stop? by Betty Dooley Awbrey,Claude Dooley Pdf

This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.

Author : William David McCain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89066142902

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Eight Generations of the Family of Henry Fox (1768-1852) and His Wife, Sarah Harrell Fox (1772-1848) of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi by William David McCain Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1512 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979-02
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN : UCR:31210024961227

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Wiencek
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603443531

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The Moodys of Galveston and Their Mansion by Henry Wiencek Pdf

In 1900, just a few months after the deadly hurricane of September, W. L. Moody Jr. and his family moved into the four-story mansion at the corner of Broadway and Twenty-sixth Street in Galveston. For the next eight decades, the Moody family occupied the 28,000-square-foot home: raising a family, creating memories, building business empires, and contributing their considerable wealth and influence for the betterment of their beloved city. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia damaged the mansion, and Mary Moody Northen, eldest child of W. L. Moody Jr., moved out so a major restoration could begin. When the mansion opened to the public as a museum, education center, and location for community gatherings in 1991, it had been restored to its original grandeur. The Mary Moody Northen Endowment then commissioned award-winning author Henry Wiencek to write a history of the Moodys of Galveston and their celebrated home. Robert L. Moody Sr., grandson of W. L. Moody Jr. and nephew of Mary Moody Northen, contributes a foreword, giving a brief introduction and personal tone to the book, which also features fifteen color photographs of the Moodys and their home. An epilogue by E. Douglas McLeod summarizes the family's accomplishments and developments associated with the mansion since Northen's death in 1986. " The Moodys of Galveston and Their Mansion" is a must-read for Galvestonians, for the thousands of visitors who tour the mansion each year, and for anyone interested in the captivating tale of this influential and generous family and their magnificent house.