The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou

The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou

by Andrew W. Hall
The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou

The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou

by Andrew W. Hall

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Overview

Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609495916
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Andy Hall is a native of Galveston, and has spent most his life on the Texas coast. For the last 20 years Hall has served as a volunteer with the Texas Historical Commission in investigating shipwrecks, and in 2001 was part of the first group of state marine archaeological stewards appointed in the US.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

1 Arroyo Cibolo 11

2 Snags 27

3 Gone to Texas 39

4 Years of Growth and Stability 49

5 The Texas Marine Department 63

6 Rebuilding 83

7 Morgan Moves In 93

8 The Final Years 103

Appendix: Steamboats Running on Buffalo Bayou 115

Notes 123

Bibliography 133

Index 139

About the Author 144

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