The secrets of our own homes | Jami Durham of the Galveston Historical Foundation
📍Visit our interactive map! Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚 📱Social and other ways to explore Texas History Galveston Playground of the Southwest by Dwayne Jones & Jami Durham Jami Durham, an accomplished and award-winning professional with a diverse skill set. With a wealth of experience in research, writing, event planning, website and social media management, publication production, public relations, and office management, Jami brings a remarkable depth of expertise to the ta...
19 Maj 202350min
Cotton Compress & Warehouse District | Cotton Capital to Port Powerhouse
📍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 railroads in Texas, the transportation of cotton became economically feasible, and cotton compress...
16 Maj 20231min
Island of Color | June Collins Pulliam
📍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 Collins. Mrs. Collins authored the book "Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started," highlighting Afr...
12 Maj 202335min
The GH&H Freight Depot | A Warehouse of Resilience
📍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 profitable export for over a century. The depot was strategically located to connect the port of Galveston to the ...
9 Maj 20231min
Uncovering the Mysteries of Galveston's Orphan's through the Modern Day Bryan Museum
📍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, a building with a rich history that has played a significant role in American and Galveston histo...
24 Mars 20234min
Tradition Through the Generations: Gaido's Seafood Restaurant
📍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 and tradition. As you enter the restaurant, you'll be transported back in time to the year 1911 when San Giacin...
17 Mars 20232min
Galveston's Rich Military History
📍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 United States Coast Guard patrolling the Gulf Coast during World Wars I and II, to the gun emplacements ...
3 Mars 20238min
Sourcing Dead Bodies For Medical Dissection Before It Was Legal
📍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 mid 1800s, medical schools in Galveston acquired bodies for research, although the methods of acquisit...
2 Mars 202340min
