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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2R_duckys-beach_Galveston-TX.html
Dedicated in memory of
F.M. "Ducky" Prendergast
July 31, 1908 - October 29, 2002
Native Galvestonian
Beach Entrepreneur
Lifeguard for LIfe
Ducky Prendergast was one of Galveston's original professional lifeguards. He was credited w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2Q_peter-leroy-colombo_Galveston-TX.html
Born in Galveston, Peter Leroy Colombo overcame disabilities to become a highly accomplished lifeguard. Born in 1905, Colombo lost his hearing, speech and use of his legs at the age of seven, due to meningitis. His brothers took him to the Texas c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZS_galveston-medical-college_Galveston-TX.html
First medical college in Texas and predecessor of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the school opened in 1865 as a branch of Soule University at Chappell Hill. Although equipment during the first session consisted of one skeleton, one obstet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HNF_fort-san-jacinto_Galveston-TX.html
The northeastern tip of Galveston Island has seen defense fortifications since the early 1800's. Crude Spanish and French forts (1816-1818) gave way to small sand forts and batteries constructed by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1844. In 1863 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GT6_jack-johnson_Galveston-TX.html
Galveston native Arthur John "Jack" Johnson (1878-1946) was the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He grew up in Galveston's East East and honed his fighting skills working on the wharves. During the 1900 storm, Johnson help…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GNL_juneteenth_Galveston-TX.html
Commemorated annually on June 19th, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Sep. 22, 1862, announced, "That on the 1st day of January. A.D. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CL2_bernardo-de-galvez_Galveston-TX.html
Supported the American Revolution by defeating the British along the Gulf Coast. He had Texas Longhorn cattle driven to Louisiana to aid his campaign - thus giving Texas a connection with the American Revolution.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC4_galveston-island_Galveston-TX.html
Few spots have played a more exciting role in the life of Texas than Galveston Island.
Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish explorer, wrote of the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians when he was shipwrecked here in 1528. The island became headquarters for J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6Q_nicholas-j-clayton_Galveston-TX.html
A native of Ireland, Nicholas Joseph Clayton emigrated to Ohio with his widowed mother in the early 1840s. After serving in the Union navy during the Civil War, he joined the Memphis architectural firm of Jones and Baldwin. In 1872 he was sent to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C6F_hutchings-sealy-co-buildings_Galveston-TX.html
Four decades after joining in partnership, George Ball, John Henry Hutchings, and John Sealy employed prominent Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton to design office buildings for their Ball, Hutchings & Co. commission and banking operations. B…