The Grand 1894 Opera House | through the ages with Executive Director Maureen Patton

📍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 became known as the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Interested in the information covered in this ...

24 Feb 20233min

📍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 on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. During Mardi Gras, people celebrate by w...

17 Feb 20233min

📍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 become the grand gothic revival cathedral we see today. Discover the role the church played in the early years of ...

10 Feb 20234min

📍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 Port of Galveston's role in the development of the cruise industry and how its deep-water access, tra...

3 Feb 20234min

📍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 legacy of healthcare excellence in this Oleander City. We'll also look at the current state of healthcare in...

1 Feb 20233min

📍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 window adorning the bell tower. Beautiful, original hand-carved altars and altar statues, plaster Station...

31 Jan 20231min

📍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 Paris, to Carnegie Hall, and around the world. Learn how she inspired countless American musicians to p...

30 Jan 20231min

📍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 antisemitism and overpopulation in the northeastern United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Discover...

27 Jan 20234min