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Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas. It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to Galveston Island by the Pelican Island...

Galveston Island (/ˈɡælvɪstən/ GAL-vis-tən) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston...

Island (Brazoria County) Mustang Island North Deer Island North Padre Island Padre Island Pelican Island (Corpus Christi) Pelican Island (Galveston,...

Galveston (/ˈɡælvɪstən/ GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S...

role in the history of Texas. Galveston Island is home to the city of Galveston, the earliest major settlement in southeast Texas and the state's largest...

of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were...

Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) is an ocean-oriented branch campus of Texas A&M University offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees...

State of Galveston (sometimes referred to as the Republic of Galveston Island) was a satirical name given to the coastal city of Galveston in the U.S...

Texas City Dike is a levee located in Texas City, Texas, United States that projects nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east into the mouth of Galveston Bay...

Texas. Her body was found on July 2, 1971, floating in nearby Galveston Bay near Pelican Island, close to the Seawolf Parkway and near Interstate Highway...

Central and South America, Asia, and Europe. The station in Galveston was built on Pelican Island. “When the federal government replaced state administrations...

4 km) between Galveston, Texas (at a terminus shared with Interstate 45 and Spur 342) to U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 84 in Timpson, Texas. Highway 87...

Galveston consists of the Galveston Ship Channel, the south side of Pelican Island, the north side of Galveston Island, and the entrance to Galveston...

this bridge was finished, Highway 146 was linked all the way from Galveston to Texas State Highway 225. This spurred a further increase in the population...

brown pelicans and white pelicans in the Texas. In the late 1980s, Pelican Island was the only location in all of Texas where nesting brown pelicans could...

San Leon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,135 at the 2020 census. During the early 19th...

from the Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, and the American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, from Galveston Bay, Texas, U.S.A., and Checklist...

recognized with an Official Texas Historical Commission Marker located on nearby Pelican Island, and was named both a Texas State Archeological Landmark...

and Galveston. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 177. ISBN 1-58980-322-1. Warren, Harris Gaylord: Lafitte, Jean from the Handbook of Texas Online...

is located on Pelican Island (29°20′03″N 94°46′45″W / 29.33417°N 94.77917°W / 29.33417; -94.77917), just north of Galveston, Texas, in the United...