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Correction: I used the name "Amasa Taylor" the first time I mentioned Colonel Amasa Turner's name. Sorry for the confusion

I take a look into an early community called "Saccarap" located on the East End of the island. A community that relocated from Maine to Galveston Island around 1835, while Galveston was still part of Mexico. Why did these people make Galveston their new home?

Full interview with Lou Macbeth on early Galveston History: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ea9...

From Maine to Galveston, Republic of Texas: The Life and Letters of Lucy Parker Shaw https://a.co/d/0gDrmPaS

The Early History of Galveston Island mentioning Saccarap
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/675...

1859 Galveston City directory mentioning Saccarap

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/675...

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