The Galveston-Houston Packet

The Galveston-Houston Packet Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou

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Publisher's Synopsis

Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races, makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional gamblers and horrific accidents.

Book information

ISBN: 9781609495916
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 387.522
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 143
Weight: 236g
Height: 226mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 10mm