Literary and historical sites across the nation. Civicrom authors and leaders every other weekend on cspan3 and American History tv. See the city tours on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Welcome to galveston, texas, on American History tv. Located 60 miles from houston, the city sits on a Barrier Island facing the gulf of mexico. Established in 1825 by the congress of mexico, while land still known as texas land now known as texas still belongs to that country. Coming up, visit the Rosenberg Library museum, the repository for much of galvestons historical heritage. We are the keeper of the history here. Later, step aboard a 19thcentury ship that once delivered goods to the city. She sailed and arrived here probably about 100 yards from where we are standing right now with a cargo full of bananas. We begin in the surrounding waters. The port is a major reason the plays asts today, and dominant role in its economy. The first land grant for toveston came in the 1830s a guy named Mic