Galveston County Museum | Glimpse into the rich past of Galveston County | Rare artifacts from military, architecture and disaster with Jodi Wright-Gidley
The Galveston County Museum 📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Galveston island history is rich and full of interesting tidbits. But we can not forget just beyond the bay, how the island has influences the mainland and vice versa. Galveston county has been home to Native Americans who originally inhabited the Texas gulf Coast, Spanish land grants and European settlements and even military bases for over almost 2...
17 Juni 202210min
A Couple of Cotton Clad Confederates vs 6 Union Navy Warships | "My Father Is Here" | Ed Cotham on the battle of Galveston 1863
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History 👂The Battle of Galveston interview with Edward T Cotham Jr. Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. Book: Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston More on Edward T Cotham Jr. Tour with Spotify: 👂Listen: Kuhn's Wharf 👂Listen: Rosenberg Fountains 👂Listen: East End...
6 Juni 20229min
Pier 21 | Port of Galveston | Kuhn's Wharf | Mosquito Fleet | Texas Navy | Things you didn't know about Galveston's Pier 21 & surrounding area
Supporters: Galveston Running Tours: https://galvestonrunningtours.com/ 📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Interested in information covered in this episode? Dive deeper into the links below! : Pier 21 Port of Galveston Galveston Historic Seaport Ocean Star Drill rig museum Elissa Texas Navy Association Jean Lafitte Slave Trade Cotton Quarantine station Galveston Naval Museum Seawolf Park Texas A&M Universit...
3 Juni 202213min
The Civil War in Texas | The Battle of Galveston | Juneteenth: The story behind the celebration with Edward T Cotham Jr.
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ed-cotham Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. He is also very interested in nautical history and has served as project historian for several important Civil War shipwreck projects. A frequent...
5 Maj 202238min
DNA Secrets with Ron Wooten | Coyote-Red Wolf Hybrids on Galveston Island
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ron-wooten Ron Wooten is a Galvestonian with a passion for animals, biology, and photography. Ron is currently an outreach specialist with the Army Corps or Engineers. He coincidentally discovered a rare hybrid species after Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island, Texas . The Coyote-Red Wol...
28 Apr 202237min
The Oleander City | The Betty Head Oleander Garden & The international Oleander Society
The Oleander City | The Betty Head Oleander Garden & The international Oleander Society Did you know Galveston is known as the Oleander city? Galveston’s first oleander arrived from Jamaica in 1841 as a gift from Joseph Osterman, a prominent merchant to his wife. Since then we have seen Galveston become home to the most expansive diversity of Oleander. The Galveston Climate and soil is perfect for Oleanders. It thrives throughout the year all over the island. Galveston’s international Ole...
23 Apr 20221min
Local 851 & Galveston's segregated waterfront
Local 851 & Galveston's segregated waterfront Longshoremen are the workers who handle cargo operations on ships that called the busy port of Galveston! Galveston‘s longshoremen have a rocky history in terms of racial segregation, and rights to work on the waterfront. Like many ports in the late 1800s to mid 1900s, the longshore unions at the port of Galveston separated by race. Although the unions were racially divided, it was common to have longshoremen from separate unions loadi...
23 Apr 20221min
The Moody Mansion | Magnificent & Immaculate
The Moody Mansion | Magnificent & Immaculate Commissioned in 1893 by Narcissa Willis, this 31-room Romanesque home was completed in 1895. The moody family purchased this mansion in 1900, shortly after Narcissa's death. In the year 1900, the home was valued at over $100,000. The Moody family was able to purchase this mansion for $20,000. William Moody Jr. and his family moved into this home shortly after the 1900 storm. The mansion was a Moody family residence until 1986, when it was turne...
23 Apr 20221min
