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Jamaica Beach is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States on Galveston Island.As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 1,078.The city is bordered by Galveston to the east and west, the east bay on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
At least three people have been reported dead in Mexico after Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, officially made landfall Thursday morning.The storm is expected to bring ...
Hurricane Charlie was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Jamaica until Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and at the time the worst natural disaster to affect that island.
Jamaica Beach, a resort with a population of about 1,075 was found in 1957 on the site of a former Karankawa Indian burial ground. [3] Across the bay from Jamaica Beach is Tiki Island, an affluent [ 4 ] village of 1,016 people, that was established in the 1960s and incorporated in 1982.
Bolivar Peninsula (/ ˈ b ɒ l ɪ v ər / BOL-i-vər) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,769 at the 2020 census. The communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located on Bolivar Peninsula.
These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s. ... 1961: Skull Island at Six Flags Over Texas.
Throughout Texas – in areas other than Galveston – at least $3 million in damage occurred to cotton crops, $75,000 to telegraph and telephone poles, and $60,000 to railroads. [46] At Alvin, 8.05 in (204 mm) of rain fell on September 8, the highest 24-hour total for that city in the month of September. [26]
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