Crystal Beach, Texas, Galveston County. (original) (raw)

"Waiting for Rita"
Infra-red photography by Robert Vahle, September 2005

Bolivar Peninsula Attractions

• Galveston-Port Bolivar 24 hour free ferry service
• Miles of sandy beaches
• Birding - Spring and Fall
• Bolivar Lighthouse - Near Hwy 87, Six miles SW of Crystal Beach
• Fort Travis Seaside Park - 60-acre park
  Hours: 7:30AM - 9PM. 409-766-2411
• Galveston Hotels › Book Here

Bolivar Peninsula History/Stories

Bolivar Peninsula: Scene of Slaving, Smuggling, Filibustering and Farms

by W. T. Block ("Cannonball Tales" Column)
Very few areas of Texas can claim a longer time span of written history than can that thirty-mile sliver of sand known as Bolivar Peninsula... more

Texas Storms & Related Stories:

• The Longest Train Ride by C. F. Eckhardt
  "Train #1 of the Gulf & Interstate Railroad, which left Beaumont, Texas, at 7:00 AM on September 8, 1900, to make the run to Port Bolivar, about 85 miles away by modern highway, arrived at Port Bolivar at 11:10 AM, September 24, 1903�three years, sixteen days, and ten minutes late. Some of the original passengers were still aboard..."
• Galveston 1900 by Mike Cox
• The Galveston Storm by Archie P. McDonald, PhD
  The hurricane that struck Galveston on September 8, 1900, still reigns as the worst natural disaster in United States history because an estimated 10,000 people lost their lives.
• Hurricane 1900 Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
• Hurricane Carla by N. Ray Maxie
  She was ferocious, deadly and destructive; a Category 5 hurricane at one time, with 175 MPH winds. She slowly came ashore September 11, 1961
• Indianola A poem by Jeff McLemore published in 1904.
• Indianola "Queen city of the West" turned ghost town, devastated by storms
• The Story of Indianola by Maggie Van Ostrand
• Indianola Remnants by Mike Cox
• Ghostly Chalk Children of Crystal Beach by Frances Giles

Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

1760 Highway 87
PO Box 11700
Crystal Beach, Texas 77650
409-684-5940, 800-386-7863
http://www.bolivarchamber.org/

1920s Galveston County map showing Patton, Galveston & Port Bolivar
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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