Galveston TX Hotels
Galveston is a city in and seat of Galveston County located on Galveston Island on the Gulf Coast in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.
Hotels in the city of Galveston are often required for tourists who want accommodation in the city. Some tourists may want a hotel that has good access to parking and good quality. Some may want a hotel that has good entertainment and sport facilities. Some may want a hotel that has good scenic views and access to the tourist attractions. Some may want a hotel in the city or near the city. Some may want a hotel in a specific location in the city for instance near one of the tourist attractions.
alveston island was originally inhabited by members of the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes, who used the name "Auia" for the island. The Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked on the island (or nearby) in November 1528, calling it "Isla de Malhado" ("Isle of Doom"), and there began his famous trek to Mexico. In the late 1600s, the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle claimed the area for Louis XIV and named it Saint-Louis.
During his charting of the Gulf Coast in 1785, the Spanish explorer José de Evia named the island Gálvez-towm or Gálveztown in honor of Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez. The first permanent European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816 by the pirate Louis-Michel Aury as a base of operations to support Mexico's rebellion against Spain. In 1817 Aury returned from an unsuccessful raid against Spain to find Galveston occupied by the pirate Jean Lafitte, who took up residence there after having been driven from his stronghold in Barataria Bay off the coast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Lafitte organized Galveston into a pirate "kingdom" he called "Campeachy" (or "Campeche"), anointing himself the island's "head of government." Lafitte remained in Galveston until 1821 when he and his raiders were given an ultimatum by the United States Navy: leave or be destroyed. Lafitte burned his settlement to the ground and sailed under cover of night for parts unknown. There are still rumors that Lafitte's treasure is buried somewhere between Galveston Island, Bolivar Peninsula and High Island.
uring this era, Galveston was also home to a number of state firsts, including: the first post office (1836), the first naval base (1836), the first Texas chapter of a Masonic order (1840); the first cotton compress (1842), first Roman Catholic Cathedral (St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica) (1847), the first parochial school (Ursuline Academy) (1847), the first insurance company (1854), the first gas lights (1856), first Jewish Reform Congregation (Congregation B'nai Israel) (1868), the first opera house (1870), the first orphanage (1876), the first telephone (1878), the first electric lights (1883), the first medical college (now the University of Texas Medical Branch) (1891), and the first school for nurses (1890).
galveston tx hotels
The
Port of Galveston, also called Galveston Wharves, began as a trading post in 1825.
Today, the port has grown to 850 acres of port facilities. The port is located
on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, on the north side of Galveston Island, with
some facilities on Pelican Island. The port has facilities to handle all types
of cargo including containers, dry and liquid bulk, breakbulk, RO/RO, refrigerated,
and project cargoes. The Port of Galveston is the port of the city of Galveston,
Texas. It was established by a proclamation issued by the Congress of Mexico on
October 17, 1825, while the land known today as Texas was still part of Mexico.
The Port of Galveston is the oldest port in the Gulf of Mexico west of New Orleans.
During the late 1800s, up until the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the port was
the busiest on the Gulf Coast and considered to be second busiest in the country,
next to the port of New York City. The port exported most of the nation's cotton,
along with large amounts of cattle, rice and other commodities. Galveston's wealth
and great esteem was due in large part to the port's activity. The port was devastated
by the 1900 Storm, and though it has since recovered, its status was quickly overtaken
by the Port of Houston and other deep-water ports that were able to expand without
restrictions due to geographic features.
Find a Villa from Across Europe
Grand World Villas - Find a Villa from anywhere in the world
Grand Global Villas - Find Villas from Around the Globe
An Index with links to almost all our sites
Holiday
to - Great places to go on Holiday to
Holiday
to 2 - More Great places to go on Holiday to
Holiday to 3 - More places to go on Holiday to
Holiday to 4 - More places to go on Holiday to
Find some Cottages in Britain or Ireland and the world
Find a Cottage in Britain or Ireland
Find more Cottages in Britain, Ireland, North America or the world