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📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History The Port of Galveston has played a vital role in international trade for many years, serving as a hub for a variety of commodities. Initially used for shipping cotton and agricultural products, the port evolved into a major center for various types of cargo. With the development of...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started :https://www.amazon.com/Island-Color-Where-Juneteenth-Started/dp/1418469742 Mrs. June Collins Pulliam, a Galveston native, learned extensively about the history of African Americans in Galveston from her mother, Mrs. Izola Ethel Fedford Col...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History The GH&H Freight Depot in Galveston, Texas has a rich history that dates back to the city's post-disaster economic recovery in the early 1900s. Built between 1903 and 1904, the depot played a crucial role in the distribution of cotton, which was Galveston's most profi...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Welcome to the Bryan Museum, located on Galveston Island in the Lost Bayou district. Here, you can explore one of the largest private collections of artifacts, documents, and artwork related to Texas and the American West. The museum is housed in the historic Galveston Orphans Home...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Gaido's Seafood Restaurant, a family-owned establishment and Galveston landmark that has been serving the freshest fish in the Gulf of Mexico for over 100 years. With family roots in the late 19th century, Gaido's is a story of love, family, and a commitment to quality an...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Galveston Island has a rich and varied history with military operations and conflict. From Spanish soldiers shipwrecked in 1528, to the Texian Navy founded in Galveston during the Texas Revolution, to the Union Navy occupying the island in 1865 to free enslaved people, to the Unite...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Dr. Paul Boor joins me on Galveston Unscripted to discuss his historical fiction,  The Ice Merchant .  I wanted to have Dr. Boor on to discuss how bodies were sourced for medical dissection in the late 1800s, when medical dissection was not technically "legal". From the m...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History The Texian Navy, established in 1835, played a vital role in the Texas Revolution, successfully defending the Texas coastline and helping the Republic of Texas win its independence in 1836. In 1839, the Republic passed a bill for $280,000 for the recommissioning of six ships, which...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Mardi Gras is an exciting and vibrant celebration of revelry and festivities originating in Europe and South America and celebrated in the United States in Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston Island, Texas. It is also known as Fat Tuesday or Carnival and is traditionally celebrated...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Join us on Galveston Unscripted as we delve into the history of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, one of the most important religious institutions on Galveston Island. Learn about the church's humble beginnings as a small wooden frame church in 1842, and how it grew to becom...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History We take a journey through the history of cruising in Galveston, Texas. Discover how the Port of Galveston has been a hub for travelers for centuries, from early explorers sailing to Texas in the 1840s to modern-day cruise ships bound for the Caribbean and beyond. Learn about the Po...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Explore the rich history of healthcare in Galveston, Texas. From the opening of Texas Medical College and Hospital in 1865, to the founding of St. Mary's Infirmary and John Sealy Hospital, to the establishment of the University of Texas Medical Branch, we will discuss the lega...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Explore a piece of  Galveston's German immigrant history with us as we look at St. Joseph's Church – the oldest wooden church building in the city. Built in 1859 by German-born carpenter Joseph Bleicke, the church was designed with Gothic Revival detailing and a trefoil w...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Listen to this incredible journey with Olga Samaroff (formerly Lucy Hickenlooper), the first American woman to win a scholarship to the prestigious Paris Conservatory. Hear how Olga's musical talent and hard work took her from the wealthy Silk Stocking District of Galveston to...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Join us on Galveston Unscripted as we uncover the story of the Galveston Movement, a joint effort by Jewish organizations to bring Jewish immigrants to Texas through the Port of Galveston. Learn how this movement, known as the Galveston Movement, was a response to rising antisemiti...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Are you curious about the hidden history of waste management on Galveston Island? Join us as we explore the island's past, from the indigenous populations who left behind towering shell middens, to the enterprising businessmen who used them to pave the streets of the growing c...

Listen to any of the 2022 episodes here! 📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History 2022 was a massive year for Galveston Unscripted. You do not want to miss the final blowout episode of the year!  Listen in to the 2022 Year in review episode below or on any podcast platform! With over 15 hours of historical content, I sat...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Galveston, as we know it today, has a rich cultural history. The Spanish, Germans, French, Italians, and many more contributed to creating this island city that we love. However, one group of people claimed this sandbar long before the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. There hav...

Why Galveston Unscripted? How Galveston Unscripted? The Host of Galveston Unscripted, J.R., speaks with a group about the founding of Galveston Unscripted and how it is being used to preserve and promote history far beyond Galveston and how he provides a free, fun audio tour for visitors to Galveston! Would you like a plaque for your business or short-term-rental? https://www.galvestonunscripted.c...

Justice Ken Wise is a Judge for the Texas 14th Court of Appeals and host of the award winning podcast Wise About Texas. We both believe that Podcasting has changed the game when it comes to education. Listen to his podcast | Wise About Texas on Apple or Spotify ! Full Interview with Justice Ken Wise: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/justice-ken-wise-wise-about-galveston Check out our audio tour...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Kathleen joined Aesthetically Galveston to discuss ghosts & haunted Galveston! Listen here! : https://open.spotify.com/show/2MS4Unl0uU0v3EB7Mn3j0s?si=46782dff28f24bcb Kathleen Maca is a historian, a freelance writer, photographer, and author with a love for Texas history, trave...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Tour with Spotify: 👂 Listen: The Great Fire of 1885 👂 Listen: East End Historical District 👂 Listen: Silk Stocking District 👂 Listen: Port of Galveston 👂 Listen: The Hendley Building 👂 Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District 👂 Listen: Texas Heroes Monument Interested in informa...

Justice Ken Wise is a Judge for the Texas 14th Court of Appeals and host of the award winning podcast Wise About Texas. He tells us why Native American oral history is so important and why we should understand the lessons. Listen to his podcast | Wise About Texas on Apple or Spotify ! Full Interview with Justice Ken Wise: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/justice-ken-wise-wise-about-galveston Ch...

📍 Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱 Social and other ways to explore Texas History Tour with Spotify: 👂 Listen: The Great Fire of 1885 👂 Listen: East End Historical District 👂 Listen: Silk Stocking District 👂 Listen: Port of Galveston 👂 Listen: The Hendley Building 👂 Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District 👂 Listen: Texas Heroes Monument Interested in informa...

Old Red walkthrough with Dr. Paula Summerly VIDEO: https://youtu.be/CBJ42nW1Bs0 The 1920 Bubonic Plague outbreak of Galveston with Dr. Paula Summerly | An infected needle mishap, rat proofing the island, and trailblazing women in the medical field : https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/paula-summerly-bubonic-plague Galveston Unscripted Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgv9bESX7tTts...