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NEW Taking a trip down memory lane. Click here to view photos of Texas City during the 1930s-1970s taken by a Texas City resident, Johnny Mitchell. The photos are located at http://www.texascityphotos.com/index.html. Enjoy! |
Texas City Historical Photographs Featured on the Web (Click here to read more on page 3 of the July 2006 issue of Moore Times Newsletter)
Enjoy the photographs. |
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City traces its roots to small settlements that sprang up along Galveston Bay
as early as the 1830's, during the era of the Texas Republic. First came Campbell's
Bayou at Virginia Point, home to privateer James Campbell and his family. Campbell
had served as Jean LaFitte's trusted lieutenant.
The settlement of Shoal Point flourished, partly because of the location of the Half Moon Shoal lighthouse two miles out in the Bay. This lighthouse was one of four built in the Galveston Bay or along the shoreline by the U. S. Government during the pre-Civil War period.
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