Seabrook

Images of America: Texas

by Ruth Burke, Don Holbrook

Seabrook enjoys a prime location on Galveston Bay at the outflow of Clear Creek. Formerly a Spanish land grant known as Morris Cove, the town began to assume its modern shape in 1895 when Seabrook Sydnor purchased part of the Morris league and platted the town site. Brothers Albert and Ernest Fay founded the Seabrook Shipyard in 1938, which went on to build submarine chasers and rescue boats during World War II. The year 1961 was a landmark moment for Seabrook: Hurricane Carla hit on September 11, and a week later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that its Manned Spaceflight Center would be built in nearby Clear Lake, launching a period of accelerated growth. Fearing annexation by Houston or La Porte, Seabrook leaders took steps toward incorporation that same year. Today Seabrook is listed on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and is part of the third largest boating community in the United States.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2010

Reviews

[Charlton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really short,only 127 pages,but it was stock full photographs dating back to 1910.
And with each photo there was information that I had not even known.

Now I thought I was fairly sure about most of Seabrook and several other coastal towns.
I used to fish the bays from LaPorte to the west side of Galveston.So I thought I was pretty
familiar.

However,this book really opened my eyes to some things I only thought I knew.
First there were Indian tribes,then Jean Lafitte,then a small land grant from the Mexican government in 1832.
And from there we a great history for Seabrook!

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great pictures of the Seabrook I remember!