Strangely, you didn't mention the Flagship Hotel, now Pleasure Pier. The Flagship offered a hotel, a lovely restaurant, and a dance club. Many young lovers became engaged to be married and often had their weddings at the Flagship Hotel. Texans love the new pleasure pier, and it was an honor to be at the Galveston Chamber of Commerce pre-grand opening in 2012. GG Texas.
Did you know that historically the water in Galveston actually use to be a lot cleaner. But the built and expansion of not only the ship channel but also mainly the MISSISSIPPI RIVER has made the waters murky for us.
I really enjoy videos made about my home Galveston,Texas it’s history has so much to keep learning and would be really great if some school teachers would be able to let history be taught on it
Those beaches were for whites only. Eventually Galveston did designate a section of the public beach for colored people but I don't know when. The storm of 1900 was actually the hurricane of 1900. It killed almost everyone on the island and wiped out the bridges going to the mainland. The railroad sent a train because no one was answering the telegraph. The officials on the train had to comandeer a boat to reach the island and there were so many bodies in the bay that they had to use a pole to push them away for the boat to have a path through the water. "Isaac's Storm" describes the disaster in great detail and is very well written.
I live not too far from Galveston.And people that are not from texas may not know this about the pleasure pier. That's there in Galveston that was actually built during World War 2 as a place for soldiers to hang out when they were on leave
San Luis resort has old huge gun bunkers underground....ready for German U-boats crusing the Gulf to take out the oil refineries. Without the Texas oil refineries, we would have lost WW2. The quote is "We floated to victory on a sea of oil"...and 90% of it was made in the Baytown and Port Arthur refineries.
@galvestonunscripted that is true after that hurricane, most rich people ran for the hills. But you would have thought developers would have moved in like they did in Florida around the same time. Unfortunately, Galveston is still pretty undeveloped as far as resort towns go. It is nice it's one of the only beaches in Texas where you don't have to be worried about being killed by a truck.
Actually, Galveston does have "blue-green"water...it's the floating silt from the muddy Mississippi that exits and heads west to Galveston...when the wind changes and blows east, it's clear to the bottom. Look up the Flower Gardens. I've seen it clearer than Florida at times. It's all about the floating mud that flows all the way down the river from Minnesota.
Depends on your own research. There are lots of beautiful times of the year you missed out on, because of your lack of understanding the currents and silt from the Mississippi and the northern floods that fill up the Gulf from the Mississippi river basins in 15 states all the way to Chicago.
The beach here and water clarity is just gross and disgusting. A beach with oil tar balls , a smell of dead fish, and sketchy low lifes . I live here, unfortunately .
Strangely, you didn't mention the Flagship Hotel, now Pleasure Pier. The Flagship offered a hotel, a lovely restaurant, and a dance club. Many young lovers became engaged to be married and often had their weddings at the Flagship Hotel. Texans love the new pleasure pier, and it was an honor to be at the Galveston Chamber of Commerce pre-grand opening in 2012. GG Texas.
Stayed there many many times....loved it.
Did you know that historically the water in Galveston actually use to be a lot cleaner. But the built and expansion of not only the ship channel but also mainly the MISSISSIPPI RIVER has made the waters murky for us.
Mississippi River is a fertilzer and toilet dump for the northern states and it all flows to the Gulf.
I really enjoy videos made about my home Galveston,Texas it’s history has so much to keep learning and would be really great if some school teachers would be able to let history be taught on it
I always feel physically better after i have been there. So i believe it is good for your health. ❤
I agree!!!
Negative ions at the beach = increased serotonin levels ✨
the sun
Very interesting information! Thanks for sharing
You are welcome!!
I love our Island.
Great video, once again! You need to be more careful with your Gimbal. 😂
The scratch was on my GoPro 🙃
Nice presentation!
Those beaches were for whites only. Eventually Galveston did designate a section of the public beach for colored people but I don't know when. The storm of 1900 was actually the hurricane of 1900. It killed almost everyone on the island and wiped out the bridges going to the mainland. The railroad sent a train because no one was answering the telegraph. The officials on the train had to comandeer a boat to reach the island and there were so many bodies in the bay that they had to use a pole to push them away for the boat to have a path through the water. "Isaac's Storm" describes the disaster in great detail and is very well written.
I live not too far from Galveston.And people that are not from texas may not know this about the pleasure pier. That's there in Galveston that was actually built during World War 2 as a place for soldiers to hang out when they were on leave
San Luis resort has old huge gun bunkers underground....ready for German U-boats crusing the Gulf to take out the oil refineries. Without the Texas oil refineries, we would have lost WW2. The quote is "We floated to victory on a sea of oil"...and 90% of it was made in the Baytown and Port Arthur refineries.
The state of Galveston then and now are vastly different, you can really tell all the "money" really evaporated.
The money just moved 50 miles north lol
@galvestonunscripted that is true after that hurricane, most rich people ran for the hills. But you would have thought developers would have moved in like they did in Florida around the same time. Unfortunately, Galveston is still pretty undeveloped as far as resort towns go. It is nice it's one of the only beaches in Texas where you don't have to be worried about being killed by a truck.
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Thanks for watching!!
Actually, Galveston does have "blue-green"water...it's the floating silt from the muddy Mississippi that exits and heads west to Galveston...when the wind changes and blows east, it's clear to the bottom. Look up the Flower Gardens. I've seen it clearer than Florida at times. It's all about the floating mud that flows all the way down the river from Minnesota.
Who wouldn't want to take in the healing brown waters of the Gulf of Mexico in a rented bathing suit?
Depends on your own research. There are lots of beautiful times of the year you missed out on, because of your lack of understanding the currents and silt from the Mississippi and the northern floods that fill up the Gulf from the Mississippi river basins in 15 states all the way to Chicago.
The beach here and water clarity is just gross and disgusting.
A beach with oil tar balls , a smell of dead fish, and sketchy low lifes .
I live here, unfortunately .
Imagine that! You would hate this video then: ruclips.net/video/HNawldNGTn0/видео.htmlsi=tELBFxAdTRLGX3Ph
My suggestion is Move but not next to my in Conroe
Always been dirty water. Stay away from
@@marktweet7395 wrong video 😂 m.ruclips.net/video/HNawldNGTn0/видео.html
Then you don't know much about where you live.
Oddly enough, when I go to Galveston, it's not for the beaches