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10 feet (3.0 m) Settlements. Houston, Pasadena, League City, Baytown, Texas City, Galveston, La Porte, Seabrook, Anahuac. Galveston Bay (/ ˈɡælvɪstən / GAL-vis-tən) is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. It is the seventh-largest estuary in the United States, [2] and the largest of seven major estuaries ...
Coordinates: 29°29′59″N 95°05′23″W. A simulated-color image of the Bay Area, courtesy of NASA. For a period of over 7000 years, humans have inhabited the Galveston Bay Area in what is now the United States. Through their history the communities in the region have been influenced by the once competing sister cities of Houston and ...
History of Galveston, Texas
Designated HD. January 26, 1970. The Strand Historic District, also known as the Strand District, in downtown Galveston, Texas ( USA ), is a National Historic Landmark District of mainly Victorian era buildings that now house restaurants, antique stores, and curio shops. The area is a major tourist attraction for the island city and also plays ...
Tilman Joseph Fertitta (born 1957) is an American billionaire businessman and television personality. He is the chairman, CEO, and owner of Landry's, Inc. [2][3] He also owns the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Houston Rockets. [4][5] Fertitta is chairman of the board of regents of the University of Houston System.
The tall ship Elissa is a three- masted barque. She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated Elissa the official tall ship of Texas in 2005.
Karankawa people
Texas Gulf Coast