posted by admin on Sep 11
watch it, or dont…i dont care. just a cool little history place
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Archive for the ‘Galveston History’ Category
posted by admin on Sep 9
Highlights of this day in history: Galveston hurricane kills thousands; President Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon; Nazis begin Leningrad siege during World War II; Comedian Sid Caesar born; Original ‘Star Trek’ premieres on TV. (Sept. 
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She was the “USS Queens” in WW-II, then the “Excambion” in the golden age of luxury liners, and finally the United States Training Ship “Texas Clipper” in Galveston. As she enters her fourth career in the Texas “Ships To Reefs” program, she still remains the majestic and graceful lady that she’s always been.
Duration : 0:5:6
posted by admin on Aug 16
August 13 Butler Longhorn Museum League City
Rodeo clowns, ladies in Victorian dresses and dapper gentlemen gathered at the Butler Longhorn Museum, in League City. Lead by and under the guidance of Jennifer Wycoff, the museum is an exhibit history for League City, the state of Texas and of course for Longhorn Breeders. And it has the largest collection of Longhorn in the world.
Nearing completion, the museum is coming together well. Listen in as Jennifer tells Talk of the Bay, the latest status of the museum and former Galveston County Judge, Roy Holbrook, remembers a little history.
The wonderful music was performed by the very talented Ebony Cowgirl, Donna B. Need more info, then visit www.DonnaBcountry.com .
Duration : 0:3:21
posted by admin on Aug 6
When Kylie Emmerick (Amanda Chism) begins to notice strange behavior from her eight-year-old son, Tyler (Brendan Hudspeth), she thinks he is just acting out for attention. But Tyler’s behavior is paired with a series of strange occurrences, which causes Kylie to search for answers. Upon researching the history of her house, she discovers that a previous resident named Maggie McGinnis (Amber Lanning) was brutally murdered in the house about a decade ago. Kylie realizes that she may have to start believing in ghosts…
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We made this film in early 2005, filming from January to March. The shoot consisted of six days of filming. The premiere was on June 10th, 2005 in Galveston Texas.
This was my directorial debut, as well as my first go as writer and editor. For a first attempt I am very proud of this film and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I know that there are plenty of lighting, audio and other problems, but working on this film was a great learning experience.
Now, thanks to YouTube, I present this film to the public for the first time since it was made three years ago. I present this as a big and continuous thank you to the entire cast and crew, as well as everyone who helped out. It was a bumpy ride, but we made it through and you all helped me realize a dream for the first time!
Feel free to comment and rate, but please remember that this was my first film and was made when I was only 20, having almost no experience in filmmaking whatsoever. Enjoy!
Copyright © 2005-2008 Onyxfire Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Duration : 0:9:43
posted by admin on Aug 4
Ty Stone and Sam Wood travel through Galveston, Houston, Corpus Christi, and Austin, TX. They visit the Johnson Space Center in Houston and the U.S.S. Lexington in Corpus Christi.
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posted by admin on Aug 3
Johnny Lee’s earliest singles, released on a variety of indie labels in and around Texas in the ’70s, have never been compiled on CD prior to AIM’s 2006 release Country Candy Store, which rounds up 24 highlights from his career prior to Urban Cowboy. This is by no means a complete collection of singles or hits: his 1976 side “Sometimes,” released on ABC-Dot, is not here, presumably due to licensing reasons, but his other modest late-’70s hits are, including 1976′s “Red Sails in the Sunset,” “Country Party,” “Dear Alice” and “Ramblin’ Rose” (all three from 1977), and 1978′s “This Time.” Although David Dawson’s liner notes do a very good job of outlining Johnny Lee’s history and how this music fits within the story, it’s hard not to wish that AIM included some track-by-track information, because there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the sequencing, and the collection seems to bounce from label to label and time period to time period. That said, beggars can’t be choosers, and it’s nice to have this music on CD, since much of it is good period-country, pitched halfway between roadhouse honky tonk and country-pop with its eye on the charts, as on the weeper “Dear Alice” which would have been pure honky tonk if it weren’t for the keyboards and harmonies that gussy it up. That conflicting nature makes for some pretty good listening, as it bounces from the old-timey rave-up on “Rocky Mountain Top” to the Glen Campbell-esque smooth ballad “Frisco” (Glen Campbell’s presence looms heavily here, and not just on the rather pointless instrumental version of “Galveston“) and it’s hard not to be charmed by Lee’s rewrite of Rick Nelson’s “Garden Party” in “Country Party.” So, this is pretty much an artifact of its time — not quite outlaw, but proto-urban cowboy in how it borrows the swagger of outlaw and tempers it with smoothness and pop smarts and a commercial mind (all converging in a ridiculous way on a rollicking good-time remake of “Long Black Veil”) but if that sounds g..
posted by admin on Aug 3
Do they do tours of the famous houses, not just the strand?? i have done one on the strand it was fantastic. He didnt just point out places of where ghost are, he gave a background on them and did a history lesson as well. I was awesome. But im really looking for one that goes to the houses, as well as some of the hotels. Thank you.
The only one I know about is the one on the Strand. That one was pretty neat. I don’t know of any public tours that go through any houses or hotels. There may be private tours or something, but not to my knowledge. If you tour Ashton Villa, they tell you all about Betty, the former resident who is thought to haunt the place. I never saw her there though. 
posted by admin on Aug 2
On September 8, 1900, a hurricane struck Galveston. Winds estimated at 140 mph swept over the island, leaving devastation in their wake. After the storm surge of 15.7 feet subsided, Galvestonians left their shelters to find 6,000 of the city’s 37,000 residents dead and more than 3,600 buildings totally destroyed.
Among the dead were 10 sisters and 90 children from the St. Mary’s Orphans Asylum.
The 1900 Storm is still considered to be the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. After the storm, Galveston constructed a seawall and raised the grade of the island to protect it from future hurricanes.
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