You had europeans, mainly germans coming into the port of galveston and as a group settling a different parts of the state of texas. If you had been here in the 1850s german was the most common language spoken in galveston. On the streets, that is what people were talking in. We have a number of groups you can see in galveston today if you go to the garden, you can see what became the center for german entertainment and social life. You can go to st. Joseph church the first German Catholic Church in texas. You can see where they worshiped and where they were educated and how they spent their lives in galveston. But the height of immigration with the late 19th century and early 20th. And it continued up to 1954 when it was no longer a point of interest for immigrants. But the story of that is the backandforth between the state of texas managing immigration and eventually the federal government doing immigration. But it became a place where there want they wanted to push immigrants away
Robert J. Martin, 95, of Steubenville died Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Carriage Inn of Steubenville. He was born June 3, 1928 in Columbus to Mary Martin Meyers.
Robert J. Martin, 95, of Steubenville died Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Carriage Inn of Steubenville. He was born June 3, 1928 in Columbus to Mary Martin Meyers.
Bruce Schoenberg, owner of Oasis Day Spa in Dobbs Ferry and Manhattan, never intended to go into the spa business, being well-settled in the trade show industry and a life on the road. But a change in personal circumstances led to a desire for a career that required less travel. And so he immersed himself […]