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  2. Point Bolivar Light - Wikipedia

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    Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when its function was replaced by a different light. The current lighthouse is at least the second structure at the site.

  3. Bolivar Peninsula, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Samuel D. Parr was responsible for starting the settlement in 1838 that would later become Port Bolivar. [3] The Point Bolivar Lighthouse (which is now privately owned and not open to the public) has an important history with the peninsula, built in 1872. The lighthouse is located on the western end of the peninsula, directly across from Fort ...

  4. Port Bolivar, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar. Port Bolivar (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ v ər / BOL-i-vər) is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay.

  5. File:Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Bolivar, Galveston, Texas.jpg

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    English: Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933. The current lighthouse is at least the second structure at the site.

  6. USCGC Harry Claiborne - Wikipedia

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    The ship's namesake is lighthouse keeper Harry C. Claiborne. Claiborne was the principal lighthouse keeper of the Bolivar Point light when the Hurricane of 1900 hit the Texas coast near Galveston. Storm surge covered the low-lying barrier island where the light was located, but before the ground floor entrance to the lighthouse was submerged ...

  7. Fort Travis Seashore Park - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Samuel D. Parr started a settlement in 1838 that would become Port Bolivar. [4] The original Fort Travis was located on the east end of Galveston. The present location was the Confederate Fort Green [5] In 1872 Bolivar Point Lighthouse was constructed north of Fort Travis.

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  9. Harry C. Claiborne - Wikipedia

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    In 1895 he was transferred to the Bolivar Point Light near Galveston, Texas. He was on duty when the Galveston Hurricane hit the station on September 8, 1900. [ 1 ] 125 people eventually took refuge inside the light tower, including Claiborne's family and that of the assistant keeper; Claiborne oversaw their care until further help was forthcoming.