It's Good To Have Goods - Galveston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 17.013 W 094° 47.849
15R E 325390 N 3240740
One of the 70 plus benches along Galveston's Seawall that make up Project S.I.T. (Seawall Interpretive Trail).
Waymark Code: WM10C9K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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Project S.I.T.
Artist Boat’s Project SIT (Seawall Interpretive Trail) is a beautification project transforming 70 benches along Galveston’s seawall into educational works of art that depict the natural and cultural heritage of Galveston Island and the Gulf of Mexico.
Title: It's Good To Have Goods.
Location: 31st St. to 35th St.
Artist: George Douglas Lee
Sponsor: City of Galveston, Federal Transit Administration, Galveston County, Artist Boat
Port of Galveston was established in 1825 while Texas was still part of Mexico. The port is the reason the city exists. Once the second busiest port on the Gulf Coast. It exported most of nations cotton, large amounts of cattle, rice and other commodities. After the 1900 Storm, the Ports exorbitant docking fees earned its reputation as the "Octopus" of the Gulf.
In 1914, the first deepwater steamship "Saltilla", sailed up the channel to Buffalo Bayou, and what Islanders called the "Mudhole" now known as Houston. Thus began the Port of Houston, which rapidly grew into a significant deepwater port. Beaumont's spindletop began the oil boom, and by the mid-1900s, Houston eclipse Galveston as a leading international port.
Times have changed and the port has changed to, handling all types of cargo, including cruise lines that sail from the port year-round. Galveston is 4th in the nations for cruise line business.
Artist Boat
Artist Boat was founded in 2003 as a 501(c)(3) with the purpose of protecting our Gulf Coast through land conservation and fun, educational, inspiring adventures that spark creativity, awareness and action. We want everyone who experiences our Gulf Coast to value and protect its natural beauty. Since our inception over 100,000 participants have helped bring 40,000 students to estuaries by kayak, foot, or vessel; created over 50+ public art works for campuses and communities; conserved over 600+ acres on west Galveston Island forming the Coastal Heritage Preserve and creating a place for the future Gulf Coast Environmental Education Center; restored over 50 acres of dunes and prairies to assure recovery of these ecosystems following Hurricane Ike; formed the Bucket Brigade comprised of a Marine Debris Task Force, interpretive tours, beautified buckets for trash, recycle centers, and more on Galveston beaches; and provided a 1,000+ teachers with professional development and place-based curriculum for the classroom.