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Galveston Unscripted | VisitGalveston.com

Galveston Unscripted | VisitGalveston.com

Written by: Galveston Unscripted | J.R. Shaw
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Galveston Unscripted is your podcast and audio tour for Galveston Island! Galveston Unscripted is transforming Galveston into the worlds largest free museum! Galveston, Texas is home some of Texas' most significant people, places, and historical events, and hundreds of Texas historical markers and locations!Join Galveston Unscripted and VisitGalveston.com in exploring Galveston Island's history and culture to discover what makes Galveston Island one of a kind!

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Episodes
  • Rails of Ambition: Gulf To Santa Fe
    Dec 5 2025

    This episode follows the rise, collapse, and rebirth of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, from flooded bridges and financial ruin to George Sealy’s bold rescue and the line’s explosive expansion across the state. It’s a story of ambition, civic pride, and the stubborn determination that connected Galveston to the nation on its own terms.

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    10 mins
  • Three Families Chose Galveston And Built A Legacy Of Care, Commerce, And Culture
    Nov 15 2025

    We trace how three families—Sealy, Moody, and Kempner—turned business success into civic power that still shapes Galveston’s health care, education, and arts. From the 1900 storm to modern foundations, the story shows how philanthropy functions like infrastructure.

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    7 mins
  • Preserving Battleship Texas: History, Repairs, And A New Home
    Nov 7 2025

    The Battleship Texas, a century-old World War Dreadnought turned museum ship, is truly part of world history. She will be calling Galveston home for the foreseeable future! We trace Battleship Texas from dreadnought legend to a revived future at Pier 15. Kandace Trujillo Gilman shares the hard engineering, funding strategy, and education plans that turn preservation into a sustainable mission for the last surviving dreadnought.

    • defining a dreadnought and Texas’s big-gun design
    • World War I service and five major World War II operations
    • Why Galveston: attendance growth and sustainability
    • Pier 15 dredging, monopiles, gangway, and ticketing
    • historic deck restoration in longleaf yellow pine
    • five-inch gun removal and heavy-lift logistics
    • drainage fixes, interior restoration
    • HNSA collaboration and sharing methods across fleets
    • dry dock tours as fundraising and public education
    • future programs: guided tours, overnights, special events

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    22 mins
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