Bringing Maine to Galveston
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Correction: I used the name "Amasa Taylor" the first time I mentioned Colonel Amasa Turner's name. Sorry for the confusion
I take a look into an early community called "Saccarap" located on the East End of the island. A community that relocated from Maine to Galveston Island around 1835, while Galveston was still part of Mexico. Why did these people make Galveston their new home?
Full interview with Lou Macbeth on early Galveston History: open.spotify.com/episode/7ea9...
From Maine to Galveston, Republic of Texas: The Life and Letters of Lucy Parker Shaw a.co/d/0gDrmPaS
The Early History of Galveston Island mentioning Saccarap
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1859 Galveston City directory mentioning Saccarap
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Harborside from 11th to 14th, now that is a SMALL town! Great to see Lou MacBeth.
Great video, J.R.! It's been quite a while since I have heard mention about that settlement. Glad you really brought it to light.
Thanks Aaron!! This little settlement was quite an active place. The Galveston Historical Foundation’s newsletter in the 70s was called “The Saccarappa”
Kind of crazy!
Wow! How have I never heard of this. I’ve got to get that Lucy Parker Shaw book. I wonder if she’s related to the early settlers over here in Bolivar who shared the same name. Great video as always
I’m not sure if they are related! Thanks for watching!!!
I've been putting together information of the land that UTMB sits on. From all of the buildings through the years and the homes that once were there. Now I have another place to explore. Thanks J. R.!
Search all variations of the spelling of the word “Saccarap”!
Fascinating how much you can find and piece together, but very little in one place! I hope this helps!!
@@galvestonunscripted Thanks!
Great history lesson, had no idea of the migration from Maine.
Crazy right!?
Excellent video, really enjoyed your narration and all the information I had no idea about 👍🇨🇱
11:24 Years ago on a long trip that took me through the middle of Texas I remember going through a town called Menard off highway 190. I never thought about the name until I just saw this video. I suspect that town was (re)named after this man even though it seems so far away from Galveston, but then again there is a Crockett County is west Texas named after Davy Crockett who probably got no further west than San Antonio. I guess the places where the early Texans lived were obviously already named so geographers just found openings any where in the state they could. Thanx for the video, just subscribed.
Another great production on Galveston history! Sorry for the late comment, but my arm has been in a cast for the last two days!
Thanks coach!! I hope your arm gets better!!!!!
As always great video!
Thanks so much for watching!!!
love your videos, the content is great and I love watching the background as the video progresses. I recognize lots of the houses/businesses.
Thanks for watching!! I love showing off our streets!!
I've lived in both. This made me smile
Letter writing is a lost art form. Shaw's Hotel was used for polling place for the 2nd ward. I read. Always great information.
It is! The letters are amazing!!
Thanks!!
also random side comment and compliment. I clicked over to the Brandon Seale guy’s Cabeza de Vaca podcast you cited on your Cabeza de Vaca episode from a while back and man alive I’ll tell you what, that is an awesome podcast! He did his Cabeza de Vaca series way back in 2020 but I’ve listened to it twice through already. Dude has a bunch of other podcasts about other Texas stories and archaeology he is involved in. A New History of Old Texas podcast and I have this channel to thank for recommending it!
Hey! Yes that podcast is amazing!! I’be listened to it twice as well and love it!! Thanks so much for tuning in!! I appreciate you!!
that’s fascinating first I ever heard that! Also additional things I think I had previously learned but sorta forgot or never knew the full details: Galveston was started by a Canadian?!?! Also Jean Lafitte, that one’s always sorta a fun one for kids and the myth of the buried treasure and all😅 so I definitely knew about him but I had not remembered the years he was there and I definitely didn’t know it was the US Navy that kicked him off and I want to learn that specific side story now also! Very cool video been loving your vids ever since I found the channel. From Richmond sw of Houston but yah always love going to Galveston. Btw… is the host a socalled “B.O.I.”?😅 born on island, as it were. One time I was listening to Michael Berry radio show and a caller called in talking about it as like a point of local pride and “snobbery” haha but not like mean snobbery like you might think of but like I dunno…in playful sorta way haha since we’re all proud of our Texas heritage but like, also proud of the city and neighborhoods which we were from.
Haha thanks for the comment!!Yes, the host is B.O.I.! Here is some more info on Jean Lafitte!
www.galvestonunscripted.com/lafitte-society-dale-dolson
Thank you for watching!
The Galvez Mall was just being built... 😂
Question??? Rumors have it that during WW11 Germans from a U Boat broke into a store on or near the west end on the island. Is this true?
I’m not sure! I’ve heard those rumors as well!!
@@galvestonunscripted Thank you for the response. Pearland living
Perhaps this break in was by locals. With the tension of WW11, I can see why the Germans were blamed. …Just a theory 🫥
My dad was watching a Saturday matinee movie in a movie theatre in Galveston when suddenly the lights came on and MPs came walking down the aisles. They suddenly stopped and summoned 2 men from their seats who turned out to be German navy men from a U Boat who had come ashore for a little R&R.
Glad that Galveston won out.
😃 You and Jeb Brooks are cut from the same cloth ! !
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Lmao this is great! Thanks!!