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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 Hendley Building | Library of Congress 
Library of congress images of the Hendley Building
Galveston Historical Foundation

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The Elissa is located at  Pier 22 Suite, 8, Galveston, TX 77550

Mark Scibinico is the director of the Galveston Historic Seaport and the Port Captain for the Galveston Historical foundation. After years aboard historic sailing vessels, Mark found himself in Galveston, Texas as the active captain and Port Captain of the state Tall Ship of Texas, The Elissa. Mark sits down with us to discuss the history of the Elissa as well as the how the vessel has operated in the past. We even discuss Marks fascinating climb from the galley to the helm.

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Brent Leggs

The National Trust For Historic Preservation

Absolute Equality is located at 2201 Strand St, Galveston, TX 77550

To support these projects exhibited in this episode:
Juneteenth Legacy Project: https://www.juneteenthlegacyproject.com/
NIA Cultural Center: https://niacultural.org/
Sam Collins Speaking engagements: https://truthstrong.org/

Historic resources for everything Sam discusses in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/sam-collins

Sam Collins III is a proud father, husband, and BOI (Born on the Island). Sam has been an instrumental figure in the Juneteenth Legacy Project, the presidential pardon of Jack Johnson (the Galveston Giant), and restoration and historical projects throughout Galveston County.
He chairs or holds a seat on key historical, preservation, and community boards and committees throughout Galveston County and the state of Texas.

Brent Leggs is the executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and senior vice president of the National Trust. Envisioned as a social movement for justice, equity, and reconciliation, the Action Fund is promoting the role of cultural preservation in telling the nation’s full history, while also empowering activists, entrepreneurs, artists, and civic leaders to advocate on behalf of African American historic places.

A Harvard University Loeb Fellow and author of Preserving African American Historic Places, which is considered the “seminal publication on preserving African American historic sites” by the Smithsonian Institution, Brent is a national leader in the U.S. preservation movement and the 2018 recipient of the Robert G. Stanton National Preservation Award. His passion for elevating the significance of black culture in American history is visible through his work, which elevates the remarkable stories and places that evoke centuries of black activism, achievement, and community.

Over the past decade, he has developed the Northeast African American Historic Places Outreach Program, and its theme, the Business of Preservation, to build a regional movement of preservation leaders saving important landmarks in African American history. As the project manager for several National Treasure campaigns across the country, he led efforts to create the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in Alabama, which President Barack Obama designated in January 2017. Other campaign successes include the perpetual protection of cultural monuments like

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Absolute Equality is located at 2201 Strand St, Galveston, TX 77550

To support these projects exhibited in this episode:
Juneteenth Legacy Project: https://www.juneteenthlegacyproject.com/
NIA Cultural Center: https://niacultural.org/
Sam Collins Speaking engagements: https://truthstrong.org/

Historic resources for everything Sam discusses in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/sam-collins

Sam Collins III is a proud father, husband, and BOI (Born on the Island). Sam has been an instrumental figure in the Juneteenth Legacy Project, the presidential pardon of Jack Johnson (the Galveston Giant), and restoration and historical projects throughout Galveston County.
He chairs or holds a seat on key historical, preservation, and community boards and committees throughout Galveston County and the state of Texas.

Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. He is also very interested in nautical history and has served as project historian for several important Civil War shipwreck projects. A frequent lecturer on these subjects, Ed also leads occasional tours of Texas battlefields and state historic sites. Ed's research interests also include a wide variety of historical events that took place in and around Texas. One of the most important of these events was the issuance of General Orders No. 3 (the "Juneteenth Order") in Galveston on June 19, 1865. In addition to a book on Juneteenth, Ed has recently released a book relating to Ulysses S. Grant's visit to Texas in March 1880.
 
Resources for everything we discuss in the episode:
https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ed-cotham

👂Juneteenth: The Story behind the celebration interview with Edward T Cotham Jr.

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The Galveston County Museum

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Galveston island history is rich and full of interesting tidbits. But we can not forget just beyond the bay, how the island has influences the mainland and vice versa.

Galveston county has been home to Native Americans who originally inhabited the Texas gulf Coast, Spanish land grants and European settlements and even military bases for over almost 200 years. 

There is so much history to explore!

The Galveston County museum has made it their mission to share these stories with you so that you can understand your community and help you play a part in shaping Galveston County in the future.

The Galveston County Museum

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👂The Battle of Galveston interview with Edward T Cotham Jr.

Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas.
Book: Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston  
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👂Listen: Rosenberg Fountains
👂Listen: East End Historical District
👂Listen: Texas Heroes Monument
👂Listen: Quick History of Galveston
👂Listen: Port of Galveston

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Battle of Galveston
Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston

Transcript:
The American Civil war made its mark in Galveston. During the Civil War, Galveston was a key port to the confederate supply lines. Although the Union Navy had organized blockades at the port; blockade runners were still able to traverse the unions effort to cut off the confederates flow of shipments.In October of 1862, The Union Navy had finally seized control of the Port of Galveston. on New Year’s Day 1863, A joint effort between the confederate army, and a makeshift confederate naval force attacked the Union vessels in the harbor. The confederacy hatched a plan to use cotton clad warships. These vessels were essentially steam powered barges, with pressed cotton stacked up around the edges as armor.The confederate army, Led by General John Bankhead Magruder, utilized the Hendley building, and other smaller buildings on 20th Street. With cannon fire from the Hendley Building and the cotton clad steamers coming in Hot from Houston, the confederate forces got a jump on the Union Navy. The battle was short as the Union Navy was not prepared and the confederacy once again claimed Galveston. After this battle, the union was never successfully able  to maintain control of the port of Galveston, making Galveston the only confederate port not successfully captured during the Civil War. The Henley building located on the corner of 20th and Strand is still standing today. If you look closely at the 20th St. facing wall, you may be able to spot cannonball or shell damage on one of the pillars. While standing in between Harborside and Strand on 20th St. you are standing on a Civil War battle ground.

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Interested in information covered in this episode? Dive deeper into the links below! :
Pier 21
Port of Galveston
Galveston Historic Seaport
Ocean Star Drill rig museum
Elissa
Texas Navy Association
Jean Lafitte
Slave Trade
Cotton
Quarantine station
Galveston Naval Museum
Seawolf Park
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Ocean Star Oil Rig Offshore energy center
Katies Seafood
Kuhns Wharf
Battle of Galveston

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Resources for everything we discuss in the episode:
https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/ed-cotham

Ed Cotham is the prize-winning author of many books and articles on Civil War history, emphasizing the battles and skirmishes in Texas. He is also very interested in nautical history and has served as project historian for several important Civil War shipwreck projects. A frequent lecturer on these subjects, Ed also leads occasional tours of Texas battlefields and state historic sites. Ed's research interests also include a wide variety of historical events that took place in and around Texas. One of the most important of these events was the issuance of General Orders No. 3 (the "Juneteenth Order") in Galveston on June 19, 1865. In addition to a book on Juneteenth, Ed has recently released a book relating to Ulysses S. Grant's visit to Texas in March 1880.


Book: A Busy Week in Texas: Ulysses S. Grant's 1880 Visit to the Lone Star State 

Book: Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration  

Book: The Seventh Star of the Confederacy  

Book: The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine: Henry O. Gusley's Illustrated Note-Book  

Book: Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae 

Book: Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston  

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Ron Wooten is a Galvestonian with a passion for animals, biology, and photography. Ron is currently  an outreach specialist with the Army Corps or Engineers. He coincidentally discovered a rare hybrid species after Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island, Texas . The Coyote-Red Wolf Hybrid he took a keen interest in is key to finding the missing piece in bringing the Red Wolf back from near-extinction. Ron and I discuss his story, some of the efforts to help these animals, and what we should all do if we encounter one, (basically, don’t go near them.) This conversation is enlightening and gives us a glimpse of what we have here in our own back yard!

Support Red Wolf and other ecology projects:
Gulf Coast Canine Project
Red Wolf Coalition
Artist Boat

Ron Wooten - The New York Times

Ron Wooten - Spotlight 

Coyote-Red Wolf Hybrid

Red Wolf Recovery Program 

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Galveston's Black Business District
Beginning in the late 1800s, the area west of 25th St. and North Broadway was the center of Galveston‘s Black business district with restaurants, theaters, insurance companies, and grocery stores, most owned, operated, and built by black citizens of Galveston. Names like Gus Allen, TD Armstrong, Albert Feas, “Neat” and Mary James, and Maggie Fisher were Staples among the community as they operated some of Galveston‘s most famous businesses and restaurants. In times of racial segregation, many businesses and services in Galveston’s Central Business District did not welcome people of color. However, West of Rosenberg Avenue was open for business. This district did not only serve residents of Galveston but sailors from all over the world and visitors from all over the United States. Keep in mind there in the times of Galveston’s shipping prowess. There were sailors from all over the world visiting Galveston. They were from countries like India, The Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, you name it, and not everyone was welcome in Galveston‘s central business district. As people would travel to Galveston for business or pleasure, many African-Americans utilized the Green Book. This resource provided addresses to welcoming businesses all over the United States. Galveston claims at least 12 businesses listed in the green book, most of them found in Galveston‘s Black Business District. As you can see, very little of this district remains today. Although very few of the homes and buildings remain, we cannot forget the importance and history of perseverance and self-sustainability

Interested in information covered in this episode? Reference links below:
The Green Book in Galveston
African American Historic Places in Galveston
Lost Restaurants of Galveston’s African American Community
Black Galveston
African-American History Resources: Reconstruction to the Present
1894  Arial view of this area | Water Works tower
List of Black Newspapers in Galveston

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