EPISODE · Feb 17, 2022 · 35 MIN
1841 | Foreign missionary to a Texas sandbar | A conversation with Rev. Jimmy Abbott on Trinity Episcopal and it's history in Galveston, Texas
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📍Visit our interactive map!Enjoy this content? Buy me a book! 📚📱Social and other ways to explore Texas HistoryHistoric resources for everything we discuss in the episode: https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/jimmy-abbott-interviewRev. Jimmy Abbott is a student of history. He is the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church and the Historian for the Episcopal Church in Texas. He and I discuss quite a bit in this episode including the founding of Trinity Episcopal Church in the Country of Texas, Galveston Island's growth, the Battle of Galveston, and the religious community in Galveston over the past 175 years. Tour with Spotify:👂Listen: The Great Fire of 1885👂Listen: East End Historical District👂Listen: Silk Stocking District👂Listen: Port of Galveston👂Listen: The Hendley Building👂Listen: Lost Bayou Historic District👂Listen: Texas Heroes MonumentKey words:Trinity Episcopal Church history, Religion, Religious organizations, Republic of Texas, Reverend, rector, Foreign missionary, Henry Rosenberg, Galveston History, Battle of Galveston, Civil war, confederacy, union navy, Uss harriet lane, Texas History, Galveston History Podcast, immigration, synagogue, temple b'nai israel, causeway, 1900 storm, Unscripted, conversation, pirate, sandbar, United States of America. Support the showGalveston Unscripted Digital Market
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1841 | Foreign missionary to a Texas sandbar | A conversation with Rev. Jimmy Abbott on Trinity Episcopal and it's history in Galveston, Texas
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