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👂Listen: Silk Stocking District
👂Listen: Port of Galveston
👂Listen: The Hendley Building
👂Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument

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👂Listen: The Battle of Galveston
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The Laffite Society & Dale Olson | Jean & Pierre Laffite: Privateers or Pirates? Why Galveston Island? Treasure is what you make it!

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Jean Lafitte in Galveston: https://www.galvestonhistorycenter.org/research/jean-laffite#:~:text=Jean%20Laffite%20(sometimes%20spelled%20Lafitte,hotbed%20of%20smuggling%20and%20privateering.

Jean Lafitte-Slave Trade:https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1231&context=ethj

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James Anderson and I sit down to discuss one of Galveston's most well known architects who helped build some of the island's most notable structures, many of which still survive today!

James Anderson is an Author and student of history. Author of Galveston Burning and has a couple of books in the works, James is a huge fan of Nicholas Clayton and his work and has studied his life, family, and significant buildings for years. Inspired by ancestors who shared his lifelong passion for historical and genealogical research, James F. Anderson joined the Galveston Historical Foundation in 2009, becoming a House Chair of its Historic Homes Tour in 2013. James is currently an active member of the Texas State Historic Association and the Galveston Railroad Museum, as well as a certified tourism ambassador in Galveston.

Buy Galveston Burning: A history of the Fire Department and major conflagrations 

Tour with Spotify:
👂Listen: The Great Fire of 1885
👂Listen: East End Historical District
👂Listen: Silk Stocking District
👂Listen: Port of Galveston
👂Listen: The Hendley Building
👂Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument

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Justice Ken Wise is a Judge for the Texas 14th Court of Appeals and host of the award winning podcast Wise About Texas. We sit down and discuss History podcasting, Galveston history, and some of our favorite Texas history. We also discuss how podcasting has changed our lives.

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👂Listen: The Port of Galveston
👂Listen: The Hendley Building
👂Listen: Rosenberg Fountains
👂Listen: East End Historical District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument
👂Listen: Silk Stocking District

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1900 Storm basic info
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Galveston & Texas History Center

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👂Listen: The Hendley Building
👂Listen: Rosenberg Fountains
👂Listen: East End Historical District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument
👂Listen: Silk Stocking District

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The Strand
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👂Listen: Kuhns Wharf
👂Listen: The Old Galveston Custom House and Courthouse
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument
👂Listen: Quick History of Galveston

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The Ursuline academy in Galveston.
Well before the city of Galveston was founded, the Ursuline order was instituted at the Vatican by Pope Paul III. For the education of girls and the care for the ill and underprivileged. The Ursuline order was known informally as St. Angela's daughters. In the Americas, This organization had established the convent of new orleans in 1727. The Nuns in new Orleans may plans to travel to Galveston, to establish Ursuline Academy In the fledgling city on the Gulf coast. The Ursuline academy at Galveston also served as a convent. And was established in February of 1847.  The school was on a 10 acre campus on avenue in and 25th street. Today Ave. N is also known as Ursuline street.  When the nuns arrived in Galveston, They had little outside assistance. But two volunteers from the Ursuline convent in Quebec were sent to assist the convent on the barren island.  The original wood-frame structure was destroyed by fire in 1854. And a yellow fever epidemic swept through an 1855. Despite the early hardships for the Earth's lean order, their mission of find education. Became well-known across the state and attendance swelled.  The academy was also open. To orphaned children.  During the civil war, the Uline nuns converted their new still unfurnished building into a hospital and they volunteered as nurses. They served Confederate soldiers in the beginning. Then union soldiers, when the north won control of the island in 1862, but their most formidable test came on new year's day, 1863, during the battle of Galveston, the nuns at the convent flew their yellow undergarments to mark themselves as a community of nun. Registration for Thele academy opened nearly as soon as the cannon fire ceased and it quickly filled to capacity that surpassed pre-war years. In the 1890s architect, Nicholas Clayton designed the massive Victorian Gothic building that other significant Galveston would've trouble holding a candle to. during the storm of 1900,  over 1000 people sought refuge, inline academy and survived. There are multiple reports of four babies being born in the academy during the storm  mother married Joseph Dahmer superior of the Uline academy who is present during the storm. Was eventually appointed the first provincial of the Uline convents in Texas and Illino

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The History of the Grand 1894 Opera House with Maureen Patton

The Grand 1894 Opera House is located at 2020 Postoffice St, Galveston, TX 77550

Maureen Patton is the Executive Director of the Grand 1894 Opera House and has been leading the organization for over 40 years. In this bonus episode, Maureen tell behind the scenes stories over her tenure at the Grand 1894 Opera House. 

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Bonus episode: Back Stage with Maureen Patton | Executive director of the Grand 1894 Opera House

The Grand 1894 Opera House is located at 2020 Postoffice St, Galveston, TX 77550

Maureen Patton is the Executive Director of the Grand 1894 Opera House and has been leading the organization for over 40 years. We sit down to discuss the history of the early days and the restoration process over the last half century. She also tells us all about her favorite performers in this bonus episode!

Webpage for the episode: :https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/maureen-patton-the-grand-1894-opera-house

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👂Listen: East End Historical District
👂Listen: Silk Stocking District
👂Listen: Port of Galveston
👂Listen: The Hendley Building
👂Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument

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David G. Burnet | TSHA

David G. Burnet, a speculator lawyer, and the first interim president of the Republic of Texas, he was born to a large family on April 14th, 1788 in Newark, New Jersey, David Burnett grew up religious and straight edge. He didn't drink curse or chew tobacco. He came to Texas under a grant from the government of Mexico after years of trade missions and traveling from Louisiana to south America.

Texas began to look appealing, to Burnet after giving up, attempting to colonize Nacodoches. He arrived in Galveston bay in April of 1831, like many Americans in the 1830s Burnet was seeking prosperity in Mexican, Texas, shortly after he had purchased 17 acres on the San Jacinto river, the Mexican government backed out of the deal  around the time of Burnet's arrival tensions between the Mexican government and the Anglo Texans were rising.

Burnet was articulate so he was chosen to represent  his neighborhood . At the convention of San Felipe in 1833. He helped draft a plea to sever Texas from the Then adjoined, Cohuila and made  statement against the African slave trade Burnet rose in the ranks in politics in Mexican, Texas. He even spoke against Texas independence.

As tensions with Mexico reached a boiling point. Burnet was elected as president of Texas at the convention of 1836, officially beginning the revolution against Mexico throughout the revolution.   Burnet and Sam Houston butted hits Burnet would send letters to Sam Houston criticizing him for his lack of aggression on the battlefield.

Although Sam Houston ended up strategically defeating the Mexican army and officially winning independence among countless arguments and near fist fight.  After the battle of San Jacinto Burnet refused to authorize a Texas Navy vessel to carry Houston to new Orleans. After he was shot in the leg. During the battle, Sam Houston had to charter his own vessel after Texas gained its independence.

David G. Burnett called for an election so that the people of Texas could vote for their own officials to Burnet's dismay

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