tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post1381235663128671510..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: HURRICANE!Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-62502513071576342182014-07-13T17:25:06.450-05:002014-07-13T17:25:06.450-05:00Look forward to reading about Maddy. Indianola is ...Look forward to reading about Maddy. Indianola is where the camels came into Texas.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-366773771697553512014-07-10T18:06:47.197-05:002014-07-10T18:06:47.197-05:00Too fun. My own great grandparents entered Texas v...Too fun. My own great grandparents entered Texas via Indianola. I did extensive research on Indianola also when I used it as the setting for one of my stories. They were having the trial of Bill Taylor who was accused of killing William Sutton and Gabriel Slaughter so the town was full of visitors when the hurricane hit. Ciara Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669829712304962140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-74964139616811115192014-07-10T17:22:27.952-05:002014-07-10T17:22:27.952-05:00Carra, you got me with this one. I know a little a...Carra, you got me with this one. I know a little about Indianola, but I didn't realize the town was whacked TWICE by two hurricanes so close together. Thanks for the information! :-)<br /><br />The original owner of my house in Galveston finished construction of the building in September 1915...just in time for another big hurricane to whomp the island. The place is still standing, so I guess he must've done a good job. :-DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-4701993837550579382014-07-10T08:36:10.332-05:002014-07-10T08:36:10.332-05:00I knew Indianola was a Texas seaport. That's w...I knew Indianola was a Texas seaport. That's where many immigrants entered Texas, and some stayed--even though they had to fight giant mosquitoes, mud streets, high humidity, and well, I see now, a hurricane. I didn't know about the hurricanes.<br />Funny, here in Central Texas, we often long for a hurricane to hit the coast. Invariably, the swirling winds brings us much needed rain. But with something good for us, others suffer.<br />I used the 1901 Hurricane that devastated Galveston in one of my early books titled Wish for the Moon. I researched...again...the hurricane and the destruction. It saddens me every time.<br />Thanks for the story about Indianola. Good luck to your characters to make it north!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.com