Galveston Island

I would not know until years later that he cried too, not because I had lost my game, but because he felt powerless to help me feel better when I needed him to fix something the most. I was eleven years old after hurricane Ike had devastated Galveston Island. Before that point, I never realized how much the seemingly silly game that my cousin had introduced me to meant to me. I thought back to the times before Ike came, before I lost my game, before the storm that destroyed cartridge that I held

Introduction Galveston Island is rich in history and has population history that archeologist have dated back to Native Americans. It was settled by Europeans and established as a port for the Republic of Mexico. It was rich in immigration and dominated trade. It has a history of turmoil caused by war and natural disasters. Galveston Island formed as a typical barrier island. Galveston’s formation took place 5000 years ago, as wind and wave energy along with rising sea water levels moved sand around

September 7, 1900, many of the 37,000 residents of Galveston, Texas, were settling down to dinner, few if any of them concerned about the steady 15 mph northerly wind rattling their windows. Within 48 hours, at least 8,000 of the townspeople would be dead, victims of the single worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Relatively few people are aware that the deadliest natural disaster in the United States was the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900. One of the best resources

My family, and I were going on vacation to Galveston Island. When we got there it was super pretty. My sister and I decided to go the the beach/ocean. My mom and brother stayed at the hotel to unpack all their stuff. When I got to the beach I started to swim for about 2 hours. After that I got sorta tired and I got out of the water to sit down where my sister, Chandler was When my brother, Tucker came he said that “I have Two blow up surf boards”. You couldn't really stand on them so you had to lay

position, being one of a person in another's place, would make his viewpoint, one of a kind feelings of the Indians that give them food, and would talk well of them. however, he might have been somewhat over-did and his account of the journey to the island. He says that not five men could be positioned, but if that's the Case then who would have been salvage of the ship? This shows that it is only his personal rapport and holds no view our reactions of others. It fails to say the name of personal lines

Galveston island is a great place to go to have fun with your family and friends. You can fish, eat great food, visit the famous moody gardens, Pleasure Pier, have fun with your family at the beach, and so much more! Galveston island is a city on the gulf coast of texas. There are so many fun things to do, like pleasure pier, stewart beach, go karts, and there are many fishing spots to chose from. Moody gardens and Pleasure Pier are two of the main attractions on the island. Moody gardens has a

underneath the explorer Panfilo de Narvaez which reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida later in the same year.” “By September of that year, all of the members of the expedition except for 60 of de Vaca’s men had died near the shore of present-day Galveston, Texas.” (Biography.com Editors). Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who was the first historian of Texas, and one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition. “Cabeza de Vaca’s

survivors out of a crew of 250 on the expedition Cabeza de Vaca was a part of, was not a walk in the park. Cabeza was on a ship setting sail for the New World, in 1527, when his ship was blown off course and landed him in Galveston Island, Texas. The Native Americans living in Galveston eventually became his slave owners for two years before he escaped. He encountered many obstacles including starvation, thirst, unfamiliarity, slavery, etc. He endured all of these over a course of seven years, before

The Great Storm At the edge of the 19th century, Galveston, Texas was roaring with a occupancy of roughly 40,000 residents. Galveston had become a flourishing commercial port since the city’s founding in 1839. The Island had surmounted countless tropical storms, which the city survived each time but on September 8, 1900, the storm that would change everything crashed down. The 1900’s storm came to town with devastating winds reaching up to 130-140 miles per hour and storm surges that climbed to

“Hurricane Ike is churning in the Gulf of Mexico and is heading straight for Galveston Island. It will be making landfall within hours, and wind gusts are already packing up to 110 mph,” announced the meteorologist on ABC news. I could not believe that a storm ould be approaching. It was a beautiful, hot day on Galveston Island. However, the water rose suddenly and rushed over the curbs, flooding the streets. The storm and its potential for devastation was becoming a reality. Dad, on his way to