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Galveston County, Texas United States of America = Geographic Location: 29° 18' 4.8528" N, 94° 47' 51.7056" W This is a (sub) project of the State of Texas and Counties Project and the Galveston County, Texas sub-project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Galveston County, Texas. * Galveston County, Texas Genealogy on familysearch.org * Galveston County, Texas on Wikipedia * Galvest...
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...
Mount Olivet Cemetery is located at 7801 Gulf Freeway, on the southbound service road to IH 45 at Hughes Road, in Dickinson, Galveston County, Texas. If coming from Houston or League City area take IH-45 S. Take exit 19 (Hughes Rd. /Dickinson). Continue south across FM517 and Dickinson Bayou. The big brick entrance gate is plainly visible just before the Hughes Rd. overpass. Drive along the en...
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...
Organized in 1897, this burial ground served the ranching and farming community of Alta Loma. In 1893, the Alta Loma Investment and Improvement Company, located in Colorado, established the townsite, whose name means "high land" in Spanish. In 1894, William Skirvin, who is buried here, led the first party of settlers to the new town. When the investment company established Alta Loma, it set as...
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,...