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The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. after a tugboat operator pushing two barges lost control of them, said David Flores, a bridge superintendent with the Galveston County Navigation District.
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A Texas woman is charged with murder after police say she fatally shot her husband, lit his truck on fire and fled the scene in a kayak. That same day, deputies in Calhoun County responded to a ...
The Beach Hotel was a seasonal resort in Galveston, Texas. Designed by architect Nicholas J. Clayton , it was built in 1882 at a price of US$260,000 (US$8.21 million in today's terms) to cater to vacationers.
Sinclair founded the Beach Hotel in Galveston in 1882, in an effort to increase tourism in the city. The project cost $260,000 USD [1] ($6,279,000 in 2018). Sinclair was born in Akron, Ohio. Sinclair was an avid baseball enthusiast, convincing stockholders to invest in a Texas League baseball franchise in Galveston. [2]
San Jose Island [1] or San José Island (also known as Saint Joseph Island) is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. 21 miles (34 km) long and 5 miles (8.0 km) wide. The island is oriented generally northeast-southwest, with the Gulf of Mexico on the east and south, Aransas Bay on the west, and Mesquite Bay on the north.
Perhaps one of the best-known incidents on the sandbar at Nixon Beach occurred on May 4, 2014, when a 42-foot promotional boat helmed by radio personality DJ Laz got stuck in the sand. 23-year-old ...
Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. [1] The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls . Its flagship paper, the Galveston County Daily News is the oldest newspaper in Texas, founded in 1842.