The Karankawa Indians are considered to be the first to live here,although they may have only used the island as a burial ground,hunting and fishing. the Spanish explorers Juan de Grijalva and Alonso Alvarez de Pineda passed by in 1519 and 1520,but didn't stop.
The first recorded landing was in the fall of 1528.Some spanish explorers looking to start a colony in the Gulf headed by Panfilo de Narvaez Landed in Tampa Bay,Florida and split up.Some stayed w/ the ship and eventualy went back to Spain,the stranded ones on shore thought they had missed their rendezvous and built some boats.They took off looking for the Spanish ports on the coast of Mexico ..a storm washed 2 of the boats ashore on an Island(believed to be Galveston Island). The first recorded European to step ashore was Alvar Nunez,aka Cabeza de Vaca,w/ about 80 others. He was supposed to have been the highest ranking,haveing been the treasurer of the Narvaez expedition. He survived to later write an account of what happened.Most died durring the 1582 winter.One of the 3 survivors was a Moor,called Estevanico,who is believed to have been the first black to land here. They finaly made it to Mexico 8 years later.Nunez named the island 'Malhado' because of the bad misfortune he had here.
The maps of the period called it 'Isla de Culebras' (Island of the Snakes) ..because of all the snakes (mostly rattle snakes). I haven't seen one in years.
The French explorer 'Robert LaSalle' named San Luis after Louis XIV. The island was finaly known as Galveston when the spanish surveyors named the largest bay after Bernardo de Galvez,who had commisioned the survey. Galvez aided the American colonists during the revolution againt the British(he was gov. of Louisiana at the time). He sent Lots of cows,and supplies,even fighting the British on the gulf coast.His assitance was a deciding factor in the defeat of the British.
1816-the first 'pirate' started a base here. Louis-Michel Aury(French).He was associated w/ a group who was trying to take Mexico away from Spain,commanded by Francisco Xavier Mina. He had left Spain after a failed attempt to overthrow Ferdinand VII.He brought his fleet here(8 ships) and was soon joined by Colonel Henry Perry(American). Mina,captured-executed in Mexico Ciy-Nov.11,1873.Perry,killed himself to avoid capture June 19,1873 (Remember Goliad?) Well...Aury had left a few men here and went off with Mina/Perry..but when he came back, Jean and Pierre Lafitte had moved in. Aury stayed a few weeks,then went to make a new camp off the coast of Nicaragua. The Lafitte Bros. called this place Campeche,sometimes spelled Campeachy. The name 'Galvezton' was prob. a settlement somewhere else on the bay at that time.Jean Lafitte started calling the island Galvezton(1817-1818),and eventualy became Galveston. A few words about the Lafittes,since every time i plant a tree in my yard,i dig up a wine bottle or something(they had a Big party before they left,even burnning their settlement).They were born in Haiti,went to Louisiana by 1804. Had a smuggling base in Barataria by 1808.They were 'privateers',different than pirates.Privateers were licensed by a goverment to prey on ships of certain nationality. The British tried to get them to join in an invasion on New Orleans,they reported this to the U.S. gov. there.They helped Andrew Jackson defend New Oerleans against the Brits. Governor W.C.C.Claiborne ran them out of Barataria in 1814.They asked the US gov to return their property in Bar. for their help in the N.O. fight. Pres.James Madison said that they really didn't owe them that much,so they came here to Galveston. One of his big 'money makeing' ideas was smuggling slaves into Louisiana,with the help of James Bowie. The Lafitte's were asked by an out-of-work general by the name of Charles Lallemand,one of Napoleon's generals. Napoleon was in exile then. It is believed that he had plans to take Mexico,and then try to get France back. General Lallemand set up 'Camp d'Aisle' on the Trinity river,by where Liberty is now. The Spanish heard abt. it and sent some troops to 'ask them to leave'. They left before the Spanish got there.Napoleon could have ended up as King of Mexico.
In abt 1821 James Long ,a former U.S.Army surgeon set up a camp on Bolivar Point,called Fort Las Casas.He ran a vol. army funded by some people in Missisippi wanting to take Texas from Spain. He was captured at Goliad,shot in a prison in Mexico city(they claimed it was an accident-they still use that one). His wife went back to Miss.,but returned w/ Stephen F. Austin as a colonist in 1824. A U.S.Navy warship sailed into Galveston Bay and asked the Lafittes to leave Galveston after some of their ship captains stopped a U.S. ship. This is where the Treasure stories start. They had only a little time to get their stuff togeather,so some people think they buried it at their house site(Lafitte's Grove or Three Trees), It was said they had a fight w/ some Karankawa indians there once. Clear Creek is another possible location.They left Galveston and went to the southern Gulf of Mexico.His journal is in the Sam Houston Regional Libray. The Mexicans finaly broke away from Spanish rule. Col.Austin asked them if he could make Galveston part of his colony.(his ship the 'Lively' sank at San Luis pass on the way to the Brazos colony.) They made Galveston a provisional Port w/ a customs house. Michael B.Menard ended up w/ some of the island after buying the rights to it from a Mexican citizen,Juan Seguin,in 1834. The Texas colonists had a meeting in San Felipeand decided to make Texas a seperate state,Henry Smith was govenor. They bought 4 ships and started the Texas Navy,based on Fort Point,about where the Coast Guard is based now.
the 'Liberty'-seized in a New Orleans shipyard for bills.
the 'Independance'-captured by Mexicans off Velasco.
the 'Invincible'-broke up after running aground after a fight w/ 2 Mex. warships off Galveston.
the 'Brutus'-sank in a storm,1837.
The Republic of Texas built a fort at the east end,w/ guns from the sidewheel steamer 'Cayuga' after the hurricane of 1837.
Menard bought a 'quit-claim' deed from the Texas gov. for $50,000(borrowed) and joined w/ Thomas McKinney,Samuel Williams and Gail Borden,forming the 'Galveston City Company',selling shares for $1,000 each.
Commodore Charles Morgan started the first regular costal ship service from Galveston to New Orleans w/ the steamboat 'Columbia',it was docked abt where pier 21 is now.It was the start of the 'Morgan Line'.
The Galveston City Company started selling lots in 1838,selling abt 700 the first year for abt $400 each.
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FISHING GUIDES GULF COAST GUIDE SERVICE and gulf coast .fish with gulf coast guide service at eagle point,galveston bay,texas.saltwater fishing and boating on Galveston Bay.for GALVESTON BAY recreation and boating launch at eagle point.They have boat lifts,boat ramps,bait,live bait,maps. camper parking and boat stalls,stall rental leasing leaseing is available weekly and monthly. Fishing Tournaments,and local ,company tournaments held at Eagle Point for fishing the galveston bay complex (saltwater fish). tournament,tournaments for trout,flounder and redfish caught in GALVESTON BAY. Trinity Bay,east bay,west bay are easily fish ed from Eagle Point,the marina fishing guides like gulf coast guide service use. live bait and live shrimp live croakers dead bait can be found fresh at the marina,marinas.boat in or drive your BOAT to galveston bay area best location marina.boat lift and boat ramp launches your boat into saltwater to have you fishing galveston bay w/ or w/o fishing guides.commercial fishing does have a high incidental kill,(fish)but,the largest impact on the bay is from the effect caused by the chemical plants and industry releasing heated water into the bay along w/ trace chemicals. farm industry insecticides and fertilizer ends up in the bay also.this has been directly linked to numerous dolphin deaths.if the fish are contaminated enough to kill something that eats them,imagine how the fish are affected directly.household chemicals and sewage runoff from storm drains and unmanaged septic systems dump human waste and chemicals into the bay every day. the effects of this on the bay enviroment may never be fully understood.Imagine dumping chlorine and human waste into your fish aquarium.how long do you think they would live? 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