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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28NQ_pix-building_Galveston-TX.html
Charles Hodgeson Pix was a member of a Texas pioneer family that came to Galveston from England in 1838. He was one of the early English merchants in Galveston who were importers of English goods direct from London. He began business at #6 Strand …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28NC_saengerfest-park_Galveston-TX.html
The park takes its name from Saengerfest, a biennial singing contest sponsored by German immigrant choral societies around the State of Texas in the 19th century.
A choral group from Galveston, "the Salamanders," took top honors in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28NB_davidson-building_Galveston-TX.html
During the last quarter of the 19th century Galveston Island was a major center of commerce for the Southwestern United States. Finished goods arrived at Galveston's natural deep water port from across the world, while cotton and other raw materia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MY_powell-arch_Galveston-TX.html
The festive arches gracing Galveston's historic Strand District are part of an imaginative civic design project undertaken in 1985 and based on temporary decorative arches constructed in 1881, when the City of Galveston hosted Saengerfest, a bienn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MO_custom-house-post-office-and-united-states-court-house_Galveston-TX.html
Authorized by
The Congress of the United States
* March 4, 1854 *
Construction completed
* March 31, 1864 *
This was the first building erected
by the United States of America
for civil uses in the State of Texas
The first session of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MN_federal-building-1857_Galveston-TX.html
In 1854, a congressional appropriation was secured for the erection of a government building in Galveston for the customs, post office departments, the United States Court, and the United States Marshal.
Three lots on the southeast corner of P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28LQ_st-marys-cathedral_Galveston-TX.html
The cornerstone for St. Mary's Cathedral was laid in 1847, the same year that the Catholic Diocese of Galveston - which included all of Texas - was established.
Father J.M. Odin, the first Bishop of Galveston, traveled to Europe and secured 500,0…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28AD_norris-wright-cuney_Galveston-TX.html
Born a slave on the Waller County plantation of his father, Philip Cuney, Norris Wright Cuney was sent to Wyle Street School in Pennsylvania for an early education. At the age of seventeen he moved to St. Louis and found employment on Mississippi …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A1_galveston-county-communities_Galveston-TX.html
Communities of Galveston County were established as follows:
Algoa was named following the 1900 storm for a British Tanker which ran aground there.
Alta Loma was given the Spanish Name, "High Ground," by a development company in 1893…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27JV_mardi-gras-in-galveston_Galveston-TX.html
Mardi Gras was born out of a fifteenth-century European masquerade ball tradition, where guests would wear extravagant costumes and masks to conceal their identities.
The first Mardi Gras celebration in Galveston occurred in 1867 at Turner Hall, …