Galveston
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| Smeknamn: "The Oleander City" | ||
| Land |  USA | |
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| Delstat | Texas | |
| County | Galveston County | |
| Folkmängd | 47 743 (2010) | |
| Grundad | 1839 | |
| Borgmästare | James D. Yarbrough | |
| Postnummer | 77550–77555 | |
| Riktnummer | 409 | |
| Geonames | 4692883 | |
 Galvestons läge i Texas. | ||
Galveston är en ö i Galveston Bay och en stad i Galveston County i östra Texas i USA med 47 743 invånare (2010). Galveston är administrativ huvudort (county seat) i Galveston County.
Platsen är främst känd för Orkanen Galveston som härjade där den 8 september 1900, en av USA:s värsta naturkatastrofer. Mellan 6 000 och 12 000 personer omkom.
Ashton Villa i Galveston är listad i National Register of Historic Places och som historiskt landmärke i Texas.[1] Galveston College ligger i staden.
Kända personer från Galveston
- Clay Stone Briggs, politiker
- Matt Carpenter, basebollspelare
- Douglas Corrigan, flygare
- Larry Coryell, jazzgitarrist
- William H. Crain, politiker
- Katherine Helmond, skådespelare
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, politiker
- Jack Johnson, tungviktsboxare
- Kathy Keeler, roddare
- Liana Liberato, skådespelare
- Michael Sam, utövare av amerikansk fotboll
- John Stockwell, filmregissör och skådespelare
- Ron Taylor, skådespelare
- King Vidor, filmregissör
- Barry White, sångare
Bilder
Galveston år 1900.
Galveston och Galvestonviken.
Ashton Villas balkong från vilken generalen Gordon Granger, som intog staden den 19 juni 1865, läste upp ordern om att alla slavar skulle friges.
Källor
Noter
- ^ ”Ashton Villa--South and West Texas”. A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary, US National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/tx/tx49.htm. Läst 3 oktober 2009.
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Official seal of the city of Galveston Texas
Författare/Upphovsman: Jim Evans, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Ashton Villa — landmark villa and historic house museum in Galveston, southeast Texas.
- An 1859 Italianate style residence, that served as the local Confederate and then Federal military headquarters for Texas during the Civil War.
Mediterranean style architecture. European materials.
Ashton Villa Mansion is a, 3 story, palace-like structure, built by a proud, wealthy hardware businessman, James Brown, who believed in showing his wealth. This royal residence thought to be the first all brick home built in Texas, was fit for royalty and took 4 years to build from 1861 to 1865. The showplace of this glorious Italianate Villa was and is the ornate, formal living room, called The Gold Room, located near an alcove, within the spacious every day living room. There is a grand, center stairway that connects the floors, with the customary landings on each floor.
Ashton Villa is sometimes called the "most haunted building in America" mostly due to it's most notorious resident Miss Bettie Brown, James Brown's daughter. Bettie Brown grew up in an atmosphere of abundance of wealth, material goods, and extreme privilege. She was referred to by many during her time as the "Texas Princess." She spent most of her time collecting beautifully expensive objects and hosting grand parties.
The ghost of Bettie Brown is reputed to have been seen standing in the Gold Room and heard playing the piano like at one of her famous music recitals. A chest of drawers purchased in the Middle East standing in Bettie Brown's day room reportedly locks and unlocks. spontaneously though the key has been missing for years. Ceiling fans have been known to turn themselves on. One bed refuses to stay made. No matter how many times a day the sheets are straightened, they end up rumpled anyway. Bettie's ghost has been seen at the top of the grand staircase.
Lage von Galveston im Golf von Mexiko
Författare/Upphovsman: TheAustinMan, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
A view of the Galveston, Texas skyline as taken from the Carnival Ecstasy, facing the southeast.