SeabrookSeabrook enjoys a prime location on Galveston Bay at the outflow of Clear Creek. Formerly a Spanish land grant known as Morris Cove, the town began to assume its modern shape in 1895 when Seabrook Sydnor purchased part of the Morris league and platted the town site. Brothers Albert and Ernest Fay founded the Seabrook Shipyard in 1938, which went on to build submarine chasers and rescue boats during World War II. The year 1961 was a landmark moment for Seabrook: Hurricane Carla hit on September 11, and a week later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that its Manned Spaceflight Center would be built in nearby Clear Lake, launching a period of accelerated growth. Fearing annexation by Houston or La Porte, Seabrook leaders took steps toward incorporation that same year. Today Seabrook is listed on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and is part of the third-largest boating community in the United States. |
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Two THE EARLY YEARS | |
Three SEABROOK WATERFRONT | |
Four NASA AND THE INCORPORATION OF SEABROOK | |
Five PLAYGROUND FOR PLEASURE BOATERS | |
Six HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS | |
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American white pelicans astronaut Ballentine Bay Elementary Bill Dickerson boat brother Brummerhop building built Cemetery City of Seabrook Clear Creek Channel Clear Lake coastal Courtesy City Courtesy EML Courtesy Genevieve Curry Courtesy Larry Courtesy Louis Muecke’s Courtesy LYC Courtesy Ratliff family docked drawbridge fishing Galveston Bay Genevieve Curry Dickerson Gulf Hamblen Harral Harris County Highway 146 Houston Hurricane Alicia Hurricane Carla Hurricane Ike Jean Lafitte Karankawas known Lakewood Yacht Club land left to right Louis Muecke’s daughters mayor Menard Meyer Milby Morris Cove Muecke Muecke’s Place named NASA Parkway Old Seabrook District opened pelican photograph shows photograph was taken Pictured pier pirate Pokie Platzer Stamper popular Powerboat Red Adair regatta Ritson Morris Ruth Burke sailboats sailing Scott Seabrook and Kemah Seabrook Flats Seabrook Marina Seabrook Shipyard Seabrook Syndor Seabrook waterfront seafood Second Street shell shown shrimp sold Sydnor Taylor Bayou Texas Todville Road unidentified