Historical Sites in Galveston County
Every documented historical site in Galveston County, Texas — drawn from the Texas Historical Commission Atlas. Tap any one for its inscription, location and directions, or open the live map to see them all near you.
Historical Markers (281)
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Williams, Samuel May
Galveston · 1986
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Sweeney-Royston House
Galveston · 1978
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Bishop's Palace
Galveston · 1967
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Texas City Memorial Cemetery
Texas City · 1991
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Evergreen Cemetery
Santa Fe · 1992
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First Lutheran Church
Galveston · 1969
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First Presbyterian Church
Galveston · 1968
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Grace Episcopal Church
Galveston · 1967
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Grand Opera House 1894
Galveston · 1990
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Lasker Home for Children
Galveston · 1980
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Magnolia Creek Cemetery
League City · 1992
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Magnolia Grove Cemetery
Galveston · 1993
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Marschner, C. F., Building
Galveston · 1997
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Old Red, Ashbel Smith Building
Galveston · 1969
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Paul's Union Church
La Marque
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Powhatan House
Galveston · 1967
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Rosenberg Library
Galveston · 1970
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Ashton Villa
Galveston · 1967
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Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Galveston · 1965
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Trueheart-Adriance Building
Galveston · 1973
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Friends Church Cemetery
Friendswood · 2006
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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Dickinson · 2006
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Crenshaw Family Cemetery
Port Bolivar · 2004
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San Leon Cemetery
San Leon · 2001
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Phillips Memorial Cemetery
Texas City · 2010
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Galveston · 1967
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Alta Loma Cemetery
Santa Fe · 2008
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Rosewood Cemetery
Galveston · 2010
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Fairview Cemetery
League City · 2013
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Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Galveston · 2014
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Galveston Orphans Home
Galveston · 2015
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Ursuline Convent in the Civil War
Galveston · 1963
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Ursuline Nuns in Galveston
Galveston · 1997
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Washington Hotel
Galveston · 1991
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Wedell's Corner
Texas City · 1968
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West Galveston Island
Galveston · 1967
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West Point Baptist Church
Galveston · 1990
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall
Galveston · 1963
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Samuel May Williams
Galveston · 1935
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Williams-Tucker House
Galveston · 1964
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Yard, Nahor Biggs (1816-1889)
Galveston · 1993
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The Rev. Henry P. Young
Galveston · 1992
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Stringfellow Orchards
Hitchcock · 1992
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Moore, Bernard, Temple
Galveston · 1976
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Texas City
Texas City · 1993
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The Texas City Disaster
Texas City · 1990
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Texas City Terminal Railway Company
Texas City · 1994
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Cronea, Charles
High Island · 1996
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Eaton Memorial Chapel
Galveston · 1970
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Joseph, Thomas
Galveston · 1986
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Sherman, Catherine Isabel Cox
Galveston · 1936
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Battle of Galveston
Galveston
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Ball Home
Galveston · 1962
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Ball High School
Galveston · 1988
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Ballinger, W. P., Law Firm
Galveston · 1967
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Beissner, Frederick William
Galveston · 1990
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Bertolino, Carmelo
Galveston · 1994
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Point Bolivar
Port Bolivar · 1995
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Booker T. Washington School
Texas City · 1997
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Borden, Gail, Jr.
Galveston · 1936
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Brown, Cecil and Frances
Friendswood · 1997
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Burial Site of David G. Burnet
Galveston · 1967
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Camp Wallace
Hitchcock · 1996
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Site of Landmark Campbell's Bayou
Texas City · 1968
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Chataignon, Marius Etienne
Galveston · 1991
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Cherry, Wilbur
Galveston · 1981
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Childress, George Campbell
Galveston · 1991
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Childress, George Campbell
Galveston · 1932
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Chubb, Thomas
Galveston · 1981
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Baden-Sproule House
Galveston · 1989
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Borden, Thomas Henry
Galveston · 1936
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Cherry, Wilbur
Galveston · 1936
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Clarke-Jockusch Home
Galveston · 1965
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Rabbi Henry Cohen
Galveston · 1980
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Texas Bar Association
Galveston · 1989
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Texas City Dike
Texas City · 1994
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Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Galveston · 1991
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Dairy Industry in the Santa Fe Area
Santa Fe · 1992
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DAR, George Washington Chapter
Galveston · 1976
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Davis, James N.
Galveston · 1979
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Davison Home
Texas City · 1967
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George Dealey
Galveston · 1976
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T. J. and Mary Lelia Dick House
League City · 1993
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Dickinson Station of the GH&H Railroad
Dickinson · 1987
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Dominican Sisters Congregation of the Sacred Heart
Galveston · 1993
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Dowell, Greensville S.
Galveston · 1986
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Dolson, Adolph
Galveston · 1986
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Fig Industry in Friendswood
Friendswood · 1994
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First Aero Squadron
Texas City · 1968
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Original Site of First Baptist Church of Alta Lome
Santa Fe · 1970
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First Baptist Church of League City
League City · 1973
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First Methodist Church of Texas City
Texas City · 1993
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First Texas City Refinery
Texas City · 1996
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First United Methodist Church of Dickinson
Dickinson · 1986
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First Union Baptist Church
Galveston · 1993
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Fisher, William S., Captain
Galveston · 1936
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Greenleve, Block & Co. Building
Galveston · 2010
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Fort Travis
Port Bolivar · 1993
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Fox, George, House
Galveston · 1981
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Frederich-Erhard House
Galveston · 1990
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Friendswood
Friendswood · 1967
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Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Galveston · 1970
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Galveston in the Republic of Texas
Galveston · 1965
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Galveston, C. S. A.
Galveston · 1965
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Galveston: Gateway to Texas
Galveston · 1965
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Galveston County, Exploration of
Galveston · 1966
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Galveston County, Early History
Galveston · 1966
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Galveston County, Texas Revolution and Civil War
Galveston · 1967
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Galveston County, Reconstruction to 1900
Galveston · 1967
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Galveston County, 1901 - 1965
Galveston · 1967
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Galveston County Communities
Galveston · 1966
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Galveston County Poor Farm
League City · 1997
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Galveston Garten Verein
Galveston · 1971
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Galveston Immigration Stations
Galveston · 1993
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Galveston Island
Galveston · 1967
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Galveston Medical College
Galveston · 1968
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Galveston "News," C. S. A.
Galveston · 1964
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Galveston National Weather Service
Galveston · 1971
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Galveston Quarantine Stations
Galveston · 1993
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The Original Galveston Seawall
Galveston · 1975
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Galveston Seminary
Galveston · 1967
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Grover-Chambers House
Galveston · 1976
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company
Galveston · 1993
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Victor Gustafson Home
Galveston · 1985
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Hagemann-Cobb House
Galveston · 1982
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Hall, Warren D. C.
Galveston · 1993
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Heidenheimer's Castle
Galveston · 1978
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Heidenheimer-Hunter Building
Galveston · 1987
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The Heidenheimer Bros. - Marine Building
Galveston · 1986
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Hendley's Row
Galveston · 1981
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Henck, Henry C., Jr., House
Galveston · 1991
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Hertford, John and Eliza, House
Galveston · 1993
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High Island
High Island · 1996
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Hitchcock
Hitchcock · 1973
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Hitchcock Depot
Hitchcock · 1993
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Hitchcock, Lent Munson
Galveston · 1994
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Hotel Galvez
Galveston · 1980
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Hutchings House
Galveston · 1962
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Hutchings, Sealy & Co. Building
Galveston · 1993
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The Italian Vault
Galveston · 1992
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Jones, John M., House
Galveston · 1979
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Jones, William Jefferson
Texas City · 1993
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Journeay, Henry
Galveston · 1936
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Karankawa Campsite
Jamaica Beach · 1966
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Keiller, William, Dr.
Galveston · 1988
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Kemah
Kemah · 1993
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Kempner, Isaac H. and Henrietta, House
Galveston · 1994
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Killeen, William J., House
Galveston · 1980
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Kirwin, James Martin, The Rt. Rev. Monsignor
Galveston · 1989
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Lafitte, Jean
Galveston · 1965
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Lafitte's Grove
Galveston · 1936
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La Marque
La Marque · 1991
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Landes-McDonough House
Galveston · 1973
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Thomas Jefferson League Building
Galveston · 1979
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League Park
League City · 1981
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Leon & H. Blum Co. Building
Galveston · 1986
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Levy, E. S., and Company
Galveston · 1966
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Levy, J.
Galveston · 1992
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Lockhart House
Galveston · 1981
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Love, James
Galveston · 1986
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Maas, Isabella Offenbach, Residence
Galveston · 1986
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The Maas House
Galveston · 1976
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Magale Building
Galveston · 1978
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Magruder, John Bankhead
Galveston · 1994
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Mallory-Produce Building
Galveston · 1962
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Menard-Ganter House
Galveston · 1992
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Michel B. Menard
Galveston · 1994
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Site of the Home of Michael Branaman Menard
Galveston · 1936
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Miller, A. Wilkins, Cottage
Galveston · 1983
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Miller-Jacobs Home
Galveston · 1977
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Maud Moller House
Galveston · 1983
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Moody Home, The
Galveston · 1967
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Moody, Jr., William Lewis
Galveston · 1971
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Moore, H. B., Old Home
Texas City · 1968
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Navy of the Republic of Texas
Galveston · 1936
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Old Bay Lake Ranch
Texas City · 1967
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Oleander Planting in Galveston, Original
Galveston · 1970
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Open Gates
Galveston · 1962
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Pier 19, Mosquito Fleet Berth
Galveston · 1974
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Point Bolivar
Port Bolivar · 1936
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Poole-Parker House
Galveston · 1980
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Public Education for Blacks in Galveston
Galveston · 1977
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Reedy Chapel A. M. E. Church
Galveston · 1975
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Reedy Chapel A. M. E. Church
Galveston · 1975
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Rollover Fish Pass
Gilchrist · 1963
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Rosenberg, Henry, Home
Galveston · 1962
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Ruhl, Julius H., Residence
Galveston · 1984
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Runge Park
Santa Fe · 1974
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Sacred Heart Church
Galveston · 1981
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St. Joseph's Church
Galveston · 1978
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St. Mary's Hospital
Galveston · 1980
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Original SIte of St. Mary's Orphan Asylum
Galveston · 1994
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St. Patrick Catholic Church
Galveston · 1996
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St. Paul United Methodist Church
Galveston · 1990
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Santa Fe Union Station
Galveston · 1983
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Schreiber-Miller Warehouse
Galveston · 1962
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Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas
Galveston · 1970
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Seeligson, George
Galveston · 1976
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General Sidney Sherman
Galveston · 1936
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Shiloh A. M. E. Church
Galveston · 1971
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Shoal Point and Half Moon Shoal Lighthouse
Texas City · 1991
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Smith, J. F., House
Galveston · 1990
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Smith, John, House
Galveston · 1987
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Adriance-Springer House
Galveston · 1989
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Allen, Major John M.
Galveston · 1936
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Alta Loma
Santa Fe · 1994
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American National Insurance Company
Galveston · 1972
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American Red Cross, Galveston County Chapter
Galveston · 1994
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Andrews, Jackie, Private School
Galveston · 1962
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Arcadia Christian Church
Santa Fe · 1994
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Aury, Louis-Michel and Francisco Xavier Mina
Galveston · 1968
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William Tennant Austin
Galveston · 1971
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Austinia
Texas City · 1993
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Avenue L Missionary Baptist Church
Galveston · 1981
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Norris Wright Cuney
Galveston · 1989
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Bell, Frank, Jr.
La Marque · 1994
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Civil War Fortifications at Virgina's Point
Texas City · 1991
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Clayton, Nicholas J.
Galveston · 1982
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Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue
Galveston · 1967
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Cottage, The
Galveston · 1966
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The Cradle
Galveston · 1962
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Sonnentheil Home
Galveston · 1962
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SS Selma
Galveston · 1995
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Stewart Building
Galveston · 1978
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Stewart Property
Galveston · 1983
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Trube House
Galveston · 1965
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Trueheart, John Overton
Galveston · 1986
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U. S. Army Camp at Texas City
Texas City · 1994
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U. S. Naval Air Station (Blimp Base)
Hitchcock · 1989
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Site of Ursuline Convent and Academy
Galveston · 1996
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Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
Hitchcock · 2002
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Faith United Methodist Church
Dickinson · 2002
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Boddeker House
Galveston · 2001
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Nicholas D. Labadie
Galveston · 2002
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First Baptist Church of Texas City
Texas City · 2005
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Galveston Artillery Club
Galveston · 2004
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St. Mary Mission Church
League City · 2006
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Mainland Mission Churches
League City · 2006
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Galveston Historical Foundation
Galveston · 2002
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First Baptist Church of Galveston
Galveston · 1998
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Franklin-Wandless House
Galveston · 1999
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Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana in Texas City
Texas City · 1998
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St. George's Episcopal Church
Texas City · 2003
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Best-Lucas House
Galveston · 2005
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Lt. Commander Edward Lea
Galveston · 2005
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Settlement Community
Texas City · 2007
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Wesley Tabernacle United Methodist Church
Galveston · 2007
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Powhatan and Mattie Wren House
Galveston · 2007
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Peter Leroy Colombo
Galveston · 2008
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Santa Fe Consolidated High School
Santa Fe · 2013
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Juneteenth
Galveston · 2014
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George H. Nicholls
Galveston · 2013
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The Galveston Movement
Galveston · 2008
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Greater Bell Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Texas City · 2012
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Jack Johnson
Galveston · 2010
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Hutchings House
Galveston · 1962
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Campbell House
Galveston · 1962
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Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Galveston · 2017
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Townsite of Dickinson
Dickinson · 1973
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First Hutchings-Sealy National Bank
Galveston · 1971
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Dr. Frederick K. and Lucy Adelaide Fisher House
Galveston · 1993
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Old Austin Home
Galveston · 1962
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San Leon
Bacliff · 2001
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Hawes Summer Home
Galveston · 2011
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Davidson-Penland House
Galveston · 2011
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Carl and Hilda Biehl House
Galveston · 2012
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Old Galveston Market House and City Hall
Galveston · 2014
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Wegner House
Galveston · 2014
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Albertson Home
Galveston · 2014
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Gaido's Famous Seafood Restaurant
Galveston · 2014
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Valentine T. Dalton
Galveston · 1935
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Lorraine Crosby School
Hitchcock · 2015
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Quigg-Baulard Cottage
Galveston · 2016
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James S. Waters House
Galveston · 2016
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William and Lena Juneman Smith
Galveston · 2016
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Isaac Heffron House
Galveston · 2016
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Olga Samaroff
Galveston · 2016
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Mathilda Wehmeyer German-American Kindergarten School
Galveston · 2017
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William and Adele Skinner House
Galveston · 2017
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The Mexican Telegraph Company_The Zimmermann Telegram
Galveston · 2017
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Levi Charles Meyers Harby
Galveston · 2014
Cemeteries (30)
Cemetery
Beth Jacob
Galveston County
Cemetery
Galveston Municipal
Galveston County
Cemetery
Lakeview
Galveston County
Cemetery
Old City
Galveston County
Cemetery
Hypolite Perthius
Hitchcock
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Calvary Catholic
Galveston County
Cemetery
Patton Cemetery at Cyrstal Beach Park
Crystal Beach
Cemetery
Rising Star
Galveston County
Cemetery
Port Bolivar Community Cemetery
Port Bolivar · 2004
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High Island
High Island
Cemetery
New City
Galveston
Cemetery
Episcopal Cemetery Galveston
Galveston
Cemetery
Mount Olivet Catholic
Galveston County
Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery, Dickinson
Galveston County
Cemetery
Hebrew Benevolent
Galveston
Cemetery
Simpton
Port Bolivar
Cemetery
Galveston County Poor Farm
League City
Cemetery
Kelsey Family
LaMarque
Cemetery
Caplen-Gulf View
Port Bolivar
Cemetery
Catholic Cemetery,.Old
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Evergreen
Galveston
Cemetery
High Island Annex
High Island
Cemetery
Opitz Beguin Family
Hitchcock
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Hebrew Cemetery #1
Galveston
Cemetery
Bânai Israel Congregation Cemetery--Section
Hitchcock
Cemetery
Wern Cemetery
Galveston · 2014
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Dickinson
Dickinson
Cemetery
Barber's Chapel
Hitchcock
Cemetery
Stewart Ranch
Galveston
Cemetery
Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Galveston · 2015
Historic Places (41)
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Willis--Moody Mansion
Galveston · 1994
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City Hall
Galveston · 1984
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I.O.O.F. Lodge
Galveston · 1984
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Beissner, Henry, House
Galveston · 1978
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Garten Verein Pavilion
Galveston · 1977
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Menard, Michel B., House
Galveston · 1976
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Kempner, Daniel Webster, House
Galveston · 1979
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Sealy, George, House
Galveston · 1969
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Steffens--Drewa House Complex
Galveston · 1988
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Hutchings, Sealy, House
Galveston · 1994
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Galveston US Post Office, Custom House and Courthouse
Galveston · 2001
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Hagemann, John, House
Galveston · 1982
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Davison, Frank B., House
Texas City · 1976
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Building at 1921-1921 1/2 Avenue D
Galveston · 1984
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Building at 1925-1927 Market Street
Galveston · 1984
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U.S. National Bank
Galveston · 1984
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City National Bank
Galveston · 1984
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Shaw, M. W., Building
Galveston · 1984
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House at 2528 Postoffice St.
Galveston · 1984
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Pix Building
Galveston · 1984
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Texas Building
Galveston · 1984
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Eiband's
Galveston · 1984
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Star Drug Store
Galveston · 1984
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Old Galveston Customhouse
Galveston · 1970
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Melrose Apartment Building
Galveston · 1998
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Robinson Building
Galveston · 1984
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Model Laundry
Galveston · 1984
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Scottish Rite Cathedral
Galveston · 1984
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Jean Lafitte Hotel
Galveston · 1984
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Reedy Chapel-AME Church
Galveston · 1984
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Texas Heroes Monument
Galveston · 1984
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Merimax Building
Galveston · 1985
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Illies Building--Justine Apartments
Galveston · 1995
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Levy, E.S., Building
Galveston · 2003
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McKinney-McDonald House
Galveston · 1976
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Moore, Col. Hugh B. and Helen, House
Texas City · 1994
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St. Joseph's Church
Galveston · 1976
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Point Bolivar Lighthouse
Port Bolivar · 1977
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ELISSA
Galveston · 1978
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USS Cavalla (submarine)
Galveston · 2008
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USS Stewart
Galveston · 2007
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