From the site: Winds of Destiny - RVLife - Fort Travis Seashore Fort - 4/13/15
When we took the ferry from Galveston to Point Bolivar we found the Fort Travis Seashore Park, located on the western shore of Bolivar Peninsula, very close to the ferry landing.Many fortifications have been built here since the early 1800s, due to its strategic location relative to the Port of Galveston. Here you can see ships lines up to enter the Port of Galveston.The first was an earthen levee built by the Spanish as protection from the Native Americans, the Karankawa, around 1815.In 1818, 300 troops led by Dr. James Long (accompanied by his wife, Jane Herbertson Wilkinson) came to the area to free Texas from Spain. He established a base here in 1820 (Fort Las Casas) and left on an expedition in 1821, leaving Jane pregnant with a 12-yea ...Read more...
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