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"Waiting
for Rita"
Infra-red photography by Robert Vahle, September 2005 |
History in a Seashell
Now an unincorporated city, Crystal Beach was originally named Patton and
was the terminus of the railroad on the Bolivar
Peninsula. It is the largest community on the peninsula. |
Bolivar
Peninsula Attractions Galveston-Port
Bolivar 24 hour
free ferry service Miles
of sandy beaches
Birding
- Spring and FallBolivar
Lighthouse - Near
Hwy 87, Six miles SW of Crystal BeachFort
Travis Seaside Park
- 60-acre park
Hours: 7:30AM - 9PM. 409-766-2411
Bolivar
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce1760
Highway 87
PO Box 11700
Crystal Beach, Texas 77650
409-684-5940, 800-386-7863
http://www.bolivarchamber.org/
Galveston
Hotels > Book Your
Hotel Here & Save |
| | | Bolivar
Lighthouse - 6 miles SW of Crystal Beach near
Hwy 87
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, 2005
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
Bolivar
Peninsula History /StoriesBolivar
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...
Related Stories - Texas Storms:
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. MooreHurricane
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, 1961Indianola
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 OstrandIndianola
Remnants
by Mike Cox |
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1920s
Galveston County map showing Galveston
& Port Bolivar
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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