The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-29

~ shs osk from
g, Isu1b Rspubiio: The great sea
- = 0.lvs1rtn y fully completed
- - - - thS city itself 10 concerned.
- - catastrophe that occurred on
- u1una q September .. 1900. when a
oGBuonB uonsu swept over the Oleander
Cnx 0nunsuying more than 1000 lives
- unnsav On. 100000 worth Of prop
ugoR - never again be repeated.
= - remarkable short period OF
~ yunRD . new city has arisen like
- $3.50 hlrd Of Egyptian mythology.
49, - beautiful, from one or the
- o.ss.ctive caismitiss upon the
- - tsrth BY the survivors show.
81 - spirit Of Davy Crockett still
No. - - lone star state. and that
- - - ME enduree defeat VIII re-
- - unknown quantity.
3hnuD - oemsthing strikinsly roman
- . ohnDe cities that have been sub
$3.50 - - reclining influences OF hre
80 - e fompSss a Herr, az ,Ss
~ $50 6ilIsrs from that Of ancient
0onog1 = that no ordeal however. Sc
40 - 1s1ghten or daunt those who
~ 0yu1vo. and instead % seeking
0nuov - building houses elsewhere
~ nse19y their town and utter .
- - - elements that be.
O - walls of the public library In
80. snsrs :, hsn n.s. Ror 1.,x.s bear,
p = 0aG1e name. for the city Of Gall
49, - called In his honor. and on
- u11o1Ee = inscribed the following
- . nou1Dsy: About the year lIS2 Q
$50 0oal made IN examination OF
- - g the Gulf Of MEXICO west
. - M1uAssippi river and named Gal.
vou1nn ~ and island In honor oe
O. . 0sivss the governor Of
80 I'D on the island one white
- - subetstsd BY hunting and
49,, NJ from him they obtained
= 1W1uo1un Of the bay. and. with
Oue Gn001ng their explorations across
- - tAe1r report TO the governor
q nonGsol AZ that time there were
gvssonnA rOgtes or trails from New
OgsonD - San Antonio and the San
49, 49, believed to be branch Of
- as1mnay river. According to Colonel
1nnaAsx when the exploring party left
loow 0K1sans the governor said: II
- 6l1Bgver any place OF note remem-
~ |. = Swing its name" % they
ca1Ds0 r Galveston. There ID. how
oVoe ans1her version. q. w. Grover
- . pAseesraph made from a steel
- - R0tAI4AA VI A<s s<&tsst
oo0P - Calves. viceroy OF Mexico.
pu1g1G1Ba n the city Of Mexico In 1871.
Wokh e - coat Of arms representing
= orag Win an ofFicer holding drawn
Owug1 - deck between the masts,
Wn1Ds ever Il n inscribed the motto.
go -. ON one side OF the vessel Ii
- - name. Galveston" The incl
os1t wAach lead TO the design Ia m
Founding the City.
sunn1D cent TO Calves. who was gov
erusr - Louisiana from 1850 to 1ISs.
. onosay. whom he established on the
1aha ahGEe east Of New Orleans and set
thom - Building a brig. When the
0pnmoun 0est visited him Calves want
= IL cunmodore 10 capture a port TO
u 81 The commodore. not having
unw1u1ng 60 attempt u. whereupon
0alvug Win his brig approached the
fUw4 M demanded their surrender.
Awe1 ~ the appearance of the fleet.
til No. speedily did. After this adj
vuu1usp the fleet sailed toward the
W9oG. M u In conjecturcd that Gall
w. ssanng the rapid extension OF the
E.gnsn hnguage, suggested IL the
afior Nm the name should be Gal
vostsa. which was complied with. and
thuD vn derived the name OF the city
. q = known today"
Howuvur this may be. the island re-
malns6 1nhabited until 1910. when La
1lkts m LII pirate band for the Louis
tnna oonses tested the capacities OF the
hns1or. md not long after this II was
0oonu1o6 ~ the forces OF the Mexican
SuuuA11e. when Lafitte was made gov
esar 90 Ne island under Mexican au-
DID the next twenty years many
1AgGn114 adventures took place on the
fG1nnG 2ueween the Mexicans. pirates.
1.1laas md whites. After the annex
sass. q Texas; In lsss. and the out.
TugnD regiment 90 Join General Taylor
Wo1 campuoed Of six-months' men
suaDu1 and organised In Galveston and
canUs1nsd BY Albert sidney John
tn eny Of Galveston was incorpo-
TaAs1 = 1850. and the FIRST railroad TO
- - vas the Galveston. Houston
an1 y1nu11rson, which was begun In
aoGk oma On 1850 the Galveston bay
bgSnGp uuB completed and trains were
~ 49, ehe city. In 1854. during the
Uovu Uug. the battle Of Galveston oc-
OosUl Afler the war the growth OF
- c11y wss rapid. and when the Jet
H. v8s Anished, In 1885. the bar was
gy16u11y reduced until vessels OF the
Bvuk ouG1138DS C0oto vtitsF tue uSfoVf
- easgly - n New York or Sac Fran
~ 19provement places the CAL
voGkna yAarves In such close proximity
vooh - - that vessels require only
60 hsor % reach deep water. while the
roaDsunn 81 WEARING systems COM
bonoo pruvlde terminal facilities that
ese uasneelled anywhere In this coun-
try.
Cause 81 cstastrephs.
Tsls vas the thriving condition OF
oGAlss - Galveston just prior TO Its
dnB1rasekna On that fearful night I'VE
yunED ~ and which. TO quote Mr.. ID.
= Uoa1erson. the Galveston county
ODumansasner. was the most misunder-
stno1 Uheuomenon that has ever oc-
casgs1. nd Il IN astonishing that so
xsw = she people who passed through
q anl had opportunity 10 observe It's
any satisfactory explanation OF IL.
nsgsnw consideration u In surprising
that tlse usajority OF the people inside
- vem n outside the city believe the
Occurrsnre % have been tidal wave
1r slngna60,~ when. In truth. IL was
nufh1ng nssre or less than a regular
Wet Inl1au hurricane that originated
IN the v3e1Rkty OF Martinique about five
or ~ Gays before u struck Galveston.
ana recurd Of It's progress was made
anA w1ven out 90 the world every few
hours ~ she weather bureau from the
mOuseuS4 - tts discovery. and Its prog
rans wus traced until u cluded the fore
cn1eeEu by entering the Gulf OF Mexico
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