Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-01
GALVESTON THEN AND NOW.


Historians d,ilcr as TO his ma,lyes but
wha.ey,r " lawyssness undmhrIdled
irnscibllEy may be held against him,
true " Is that his Was II "head that
backed crown" for the power Of
leadership was born in him, and many
az his acMons ultesi II nature CT gener-
eoslty and lory honor,
Such natures often rise toemlngnces
Of grandeur in great nlt'Ona crises,
They have energy aud VI must be
spent; and environments have much
TO do with Ike way In which 1t as"
ser,s Es,f,
Iltluie was lacking in education, but
OF fine ard cour,iy bearing and at
trnc,ivc IN manner Wh,,e IN Charles
iCn he fell in ieye w,;h u beautiful
woman. \ rival crossed his path.
Laitlc challenged him, and, after kill
ing him In cGmbgt, was forced to fly
for his life. lie FASTENED to New Or
leans, where, engaging IN the trade
of Il blacksmith. he soon gathered
means and influence sufficient TO eQu p
fer sen-far'ng. This WIS the begin
ming II bucancerng life, carried
on in the Gun q MtNco for several
years, during which time Lafi,te had
headquarters ON the Island Of Grand
Terrc about s,N.y miles from the delta
of the Mississippi, Here he made u
fortune by smuggling goods Into
Louisiana, whose Governor, being UNI
able to separate him from his follow
ers, offered prize for his head,
About This time the lirIlsh, then
engaged in war with the United States,
sought LOio,c, hoping TO make Of him
an ally. lie was offered the post of
captain and command of u brigade,
but be IL spoken TO his honor, refused
10 engage against the Government to
which he had sworn allegiance His
crimes were many, but TO them was
not added that OF trenchery to The
country Of his adoption. lie ut once
sent the proposal to The British, to-
gether with a patriotic letter, to q
Louisiana officer. His offer to help
fhe United States was accepted, and
he fought with such bravery at New
Orleans that full pardon was granted
Galveston Island his headquarters,
and from the date of his settlement
fhere in 1914 may be traced the life
and growth Of the Texas metropolis,
LATHE had ambitions and dreams.
With shrewd and unerring foresight
he bchell the great entry port of to-
day. lie knew destiny had marked
a t.,In la "a .,r NnY M
and prosperous clty-the gateway
through which must pour the rich
md diversified products of mn immense
domain to the North and West; and
had his l0bGrs been prompted by pa
&riotsm and devotion to the needs
Of the coming American, instead Of
his own personal aggrnndiHment, his
name today, In place of being mem
'Moned as hat Of prnse and adven-
turer, might be hcn0rcd ms are those
of Sam Houston, stephen Austin, and
Others whose deeds add luster TO the
pages Of history
The Traveller of today, upon reach
ing Galveston, usually hears the story
OF LPtiite. 1t is said that he buried
immense treasures in the island.
Many have sought, but no one has
found them. TO look for a buried
. treasure in one hundred square miles
Of land (ror thl is the area of the is
Mnd) Is not an inviting task, and is
becoming less frequent us time goes
on. Galveston is located upon the en-
creme eastern cad Of the Island of Gal
weston, and is the only place OF any
consequence thereon. A few scattered
hamlets or tishermans quarters exist
on the sand that stretches away to
dhe southwest, but there Is nothing to
ATTRACT settlement outside of the city
proper, which stands at the entrance
Of Trinity Bay. This bay cuts into
the low coast OF Texas and receives
the Trmhy Rivcr--the principle one
Z of the eastern part OF the state, 1t
forms an excellent hnrbor, and It. Il
10 this that Galveston owes It's eXfst
ance3 The citN is spreading rnpIaty.t
4 even now reaching as' far as the gftll
beach, where splendid residences have
been built, and a fine drive made OF
shells. This drive is called the"shcll
road and is resortcd to for all kinds
OF pleasure riding and driving 1t is
about ten miles long and is made OF
crushed oytser shells and forming as
hard and smooth u surface as an as
phaUtum pavement,
Oysters abound in the bay, and are
quite an important industry upon the
island, as is also fishing The surface
of the land is level. The streets, wide
and fine cross one another at right
angles, and several magnificent parks
brighten the beauty of the "Oleander
City, for so it has come to be called,
owing 10 the vegetation which flour
ishes there.
One of the most attractive features
is the beauty Of the residence portion.
Here lovely homes abound, surrounded
each by green lawn aud buried in
roses and other tropical plants while
she stately live oak, he fig. orange
and ether indigenous trees give shade
and GOODNESS to the city,
Gimpses of the sea, no matter in
what DIRECTION one may look, delight
the eye and charm the esthetic sense
of nature NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. blue from
heavens that smile, now gray and SOM
bre, breaking in endless monotony on
dts storm swept beach, singing a wild
weird melody, telling of The Infinite
to minds that music aud wonder at
cts awful presence. TO all these ply
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