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texas: GALVESTON MEMORIES -- HISTORY PIECES ON TV - 09/18/11 11:29 AM
Those interested in the eclectic history of Galveston, Texas, could possibly find the pieces I did for News-24 Houston of value.
I've posted 8 on youtube, and plan to add more each week until they are all available.
Here's the link.
Current subject include:  1939 Birth of the Badgett Quadruplets, How the Texas Rangers closed down illegal casinos, Grand 1894 Opera House, the Easter Vigil, Famous DJ Rascal McCaskill, Mudrocks Bath House, Gaido's famous seafood restaurant, and Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame member, Utah Carl Beach.

 
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texas: PROPOSED CASINO GAMBLING FOR TEXAS -- Galveston Island - 02/13/11 12:28 AM
A Primer of the Island's Experience with Gambling's PastBy Bill Cherry
Once again, there are those who hope that legislation allowing casino gambling in Texas will be introduced in this session, and that it will be approved.And once again, the uninformed and the unrealistic dreamers who live in Galveston are salivating...they think this is the answer to turning around an economically crashing city.The majority of today's Galvestonians were not here or not old enough at the time to be able to evaluate what effect gambling had on the island's lifestyle and economy before it left for good in 1957. I was.In … (4 comments)

texas: Slaves Built and Paid for Their Own Churches - A Revolutionary Idea - Realtor Bill Cherry - 08/07/07 06:20 AM
                                             By Bill Cherry, Dallas Broker-Realtor
                                                    My 43rd Year Selling Texas
                                                      www.billcherrybroker.com
Galveston, Texas, one of the oldest citiies in Texas, had barely been settled by businessmen and their families when they decided that slaves should have the benefit of churches of their own.
That was quite a revolutionary idea back then.
But rather than build churches for them, "masters" instead helped their slaves earn the money to buy the property and then to build the church buildings themselves.
And let me tell you, Galvestonians, both black and white, have always been proud of that unusual bit of history.
The oldest of those churches is the Reedy Chapel … (25 comments)

 
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