Named after Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Galveston’s first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816 by French pirate Louis-Michel Aury to help the fledgling Republic of Mexico fight Spain.
Reprinted from Wikipedia | Photo Sandro Giorgi
Galveston civic leaders planned on building the Hotel Galvez in 1898 after a fire destroyed another large hotel (the Beach Hotel) on Galveston Island...
Balmorhea State Park was constructed by the CCC in the early 1930s to put folks to work during the Depression.
Bob Hall Pier, Padre Island Photo onpadreisland
Wonderful view of the wetlands at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville. Photo Bill Jacomet
This is not the first, but the second Sacred Heart church on this site. The first one, like most of Galveston, was taken by the Great Storm. It is...
Dallas Camera Club field trip sideshow from Caddo Lake. Awesome images!
Texas is a large and ecologically diverse state containing many different types of wetlands, most of which can be placed in the below categories:...
Belton Lake is located on the Leon River 16.7 miles upstream of the confluence of the Leon River and the Little River. It is in the northern part of...
