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Artist David Moore created the 1900 Storm Memorial, a 10 ft. tall bronze, installed on the hurricane's 100th anniversary in 2000. It can be found on 4800 Seawall Boulevard. Galveston is known for many things – from its beaches to its historic architecture – but being home to the deadliest storm in U.S. history is one of its less kind claims to fame. The Great Storm, as it is now called in his...
For more than 130 years, UTMB has stood with Texas—training today and tomorrow's health care workforce; working to better understand and treat illness and injury; providing care of for Texas families; and innovating new ways to improve health. Established in 1891 as the University of Texas Medical Department, UTMB has grown from one building, 23 students and 13 faculty members to a modern heal...
Within Seaside Memorial Park is what was once Aberdeen Cemetery . It was taken over by the Seaside Cemetery around 1945, and does not have a sign to designate its location but is shown on the official map from the Seaside Cemetery Office. Address: 4357 Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 78412 Official Website
The entrance for this large cemetery is on 65th Street. From I-45, take 61st south, turn right (west-ish) onto Stewart and then left (south-ish) onto 65th. The gate is just after the back of the shopping center. Address: 2506 65th St. Galveston, Galveston County, Texas The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Find a Grave Billion Graves
The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War , when Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863. After the loss of the cutter Harriet Lane, the Union Fleet Commander William B. Renshaw blew up the stranded vessel USS Westfield to save it from falling into enemy hands. U...
This project concerns one aspect of Grandpa Jean Leon Clary's life and that of his first wife Louise Clary and daughter Clarice Clary. Jean Leon Clary survived this incident, however, Louise Clary an Clarice Clary perished. Chapter III - A Marathon Over Water and Land and a Lifetime of Pain The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood,...