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Robert B. Hawley (1849–1921), U.S. Congressman from Texas's 10th congressional district; Louis (Blues Boy) Jones (1931–1984), R&B singer and songwriter; Sidney Sherman (1805–1873), cavalry commander in the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas; William H. Sinclair (1838–1897), state politician and Speaker of the Texas House from ...
The Daily News, [2] formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas. The newspaper founded The Dallas Morning News on October 1, 1885, as a sister publication. [3]
Of those, 8 to 13 are forecast to become hurricanes.” A car sits submerged underwater after Tropical Storm Alberto hits the Gulf Coast area. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Galveston, Texas, was hit hard with nine yellow fever epidemics between 1839 and 1867, necessitating additional public burial sites. At the time, it was the largest city in Texas and was the seaport of entry for the state. It is estimated that in 1853, 60 percent of its population was affected by the yellow fever crisis, with a death toll of ...
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Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.
On August 4, 1971, Rhonda Johnson (born December 16, 1956, in Houston, Texas) and Sharon Shaw (born August 11, 1957, in Mobile, Alabama), both of Webster, Texas, spent the day on a Galveston beach, approximately one week before Shaw's fourteenth birthday. [1] [5] The girls were seen leaving the beach, but did not return home. [6]