Galveston History Tour Guide

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My history tours are about the stories.... To make you feel as if you'v e been there, or as if you are there now. Galveston history is incredibly colorful George Douglas Lee is a BOI. Born On Island. Yes, born and raised on this eccentric, colorful Island of Misfortune as it was named by the first explorer to document the adventure, Cabeza De Vaca (Cowhead), when he was washed ashore and encountered the bizarre (and cannibalistic Karankawa Indians. Read more Then Jean LaFitte established a headquarters here after being expelled from Lousiana. He called it Campece. The Island's first settlement began to develop, then LaFitte burned it to the ground when he was ordered to leave Texas. Two con-men named Michael B. Menard and Samuel May Williams used a phony Mexican land grant to begin laying out a city on the sandbar, and Galveston was born, named for a Spanish count, Bernardo de Galvez, who never saw it. The Civil War came, and Galveston seceded with the rest of the State, was captured, then returned to Confederate hands in a strange battle, and Juneteenth was born here in 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived to read orders freeing the slaves, amongst other commands. The growth came rapidly, continuing until Galveston was the most modern city in the state, with electricity, telephone, telegraph, street cars and wealth. Nature brought Galveston 's pre-eminence to an end on September 8, 1900, when a killer hurricane savagely destroyed the city, killing between 6,000 and 10,000 lives. But Galveston came back, not in its former glory, but resilient. Two Italian barbers from Sicily, Rosario and Salvatore Maceo came to Galveston in the twenties from Louisiana, and quickly took over the local gangs and profited from prohibition with illegal alcohol smuggling, gambling, drugs and prostitution. Slot machines were everywhere. The first air-conditioned nightclub in the U.S., The Hollywood Club, was built on sixty-first and Avenue S, until shut down by the IRS. It was then that the Balinese Room, a nightclub, restaurant and gambling palace stretching six hundred feet out into the Gulf of Mexcio, became the Maceo's headquarters, symbolic of what was then called the Free State of Galveston. The Maceos brought big name entertainers to the Island, the most delicious cuisine and drink;, plus elegant interior design, and for a time, Galveston Island resembled Havana, Cuba. In fact, Bugsy Siegel came to the Island for a week Update description

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Galveston History Tour G. 2015-07-19
Excellent three hour tour for the Weaver family today. Join in the fun, it's a fabulous trip through Galveston's incredible history!

Galveston History Tour G. 2015-07-09
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Galveston History Tour G. 2015-06-10
I conducted a tour for four from San Antonio Monday. Two of them took my tour last summer and came back for another with two friends, then this time booked a tour for 11 coming up soon. Word of mouth and repeat business is always the best, so i must be do

Galveston History Tour G. 2015-06-04
Reminder: we have copies of "America's Deadliest Disaster", a Smithsonian/History Channel documentary bout Galveston's 1900 Storm - available for $10.00 on dvd at G.Lee Gallery, 2215 Postoffice Street, Galveston. I am prominently featured as an on-camera

Galveston History Tour G. 2015-06-03
Thanks to all who wrote such glowing reviews on Trip Advisor! http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g55879-d3452985-i47954152-Galveston_History_Tour_Guide-Galveston_Galveston_Island_Texas.html Follow the link...

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