CSPAN3 Port Of Galveston March 8, 2015
The first landgrant for galveston started out in the 1830s. It went to a man and his investors. They had someone come in and lay out the plots for the city of galveston and began selling lots in the galveston was officially 1830s. Founded as a city in 1839. What is attractive about galveston, it was a natural harbor, and it was the only one between veracruz mexico, and mobile, alabama. There was this natural affinity to bring in goods and people into galveston that could go into texas and the middle part of the united states. Thats what brought it. It was really the industry, the availability ...