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"Waiting
for Rita"
Infra-red photography by Robert Vahle, September 2005 |
Bolivar
Peninsula Attractions
Galveston-Port
Bolivar 24 hour free ferry service
Miles of sandy
beaches
Birding - Spring
and Fall
Bolivar
Lighthouse
- Near Hwy 87, Six miles SW of Crystal Beach
Fort Travis
Seaside Park - 60-acre park
Hours: 7:30AM - 9PM. 409-766-2411
Galveston
Hotels › Book Here
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Bolivar
Peninsula History/Stories
Bolivar
Peninsula: Scene of Slaving, Smuggling, Filibustering and Farms
by W. T. Block ("Cannonball Tales" Column)
Very few areas of Texas can claim a longer time span of written history
than can that thirty-mile sliver of sand known as Bolivar Peninsula...
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Texas Storms & Related Stories:
The
Longest Train Ride by C. F. Eckhardt
"Train #1 of the Gulf & Interstate Railroad, which left Beaumont,
Texas, at 7:00 AM on September 8, 1900, to make the run to Port
Bolivar, about 85 miles away by modern highway, arrived at Port
Bolivar at 11:10 AM, September 24, 1903—three years, sixteen
days, and ten minutes late. Some of the original passengers were
still aboard..."
Galveston
1900 by Mike Cox
The
Galveston Storm by Archie P. McDonald, PhD
The hurricane that struck Galveston on September 8, 1900, still
reigns as the worst natural disaster in United States history because
an estimated 10,000 people lost their lives.
Hurricane
1900 Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
Hurricane
Carla by N. Ray Maxie
She was ferocious, deadly and destructive; a Category 5 hurricane
at one time, with 175 MPH winds. She slowly came ashore September
11, 1961
Indianola
A poem by Jeff McLemore published in 1904.
Indianola
"Queen city of the West" turned ghost town, devastated
by storms
The
Story of Indianola by Maggie Van Ostrand
Indianola
Remnants by Mike Cox
Ghostly
Chalk Children of Crystal Beach by Frances Giles
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Bolivar Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce
1760 Highway 87
PO Box 11700
Crystal Beach, Texas 77650
409-684-5940, 800-386-7863
http://www.bolivarchamber.org/ |
1920s Galveston
County map showing Patton, Galveston
& Port Bolivar
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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