Many imagine the settlement of the American West as signaled by the
dust of the wagon train or the whistle of a locomotive. During the
middle decades of the nineteenth century, though, the growth of
Texas and points west centered on the seventy-mile water route
between Galveston and Houston. This single vital link stood between
the agricultural riches of the interior and the mercantile
enterprises of the coast, with a round of operations that was as
sophisticated and efficient as that of any large transport network
today. At the same time, the packets on the overnight
Houston-Galveston run earned a reputation as colorful as their
Mississippi counterparts, complete with impromptu steamboat races,
makeshift naval gunboats during the Civil War, professional
gamblers and horrific accidents.
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