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Kemah (Images of America)
The Kemah Historical Society
Kemah (Images of America)
The Kemah Historical Society
Kemah is the Karankawa Indian word for "wind in the face." In the early 1900s, it was a breezy coastal village where many residents made a living in the fishing or boating industries. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Kemah relied on illegal gambling and bootlegging to survive. After the devastation of Hurricane Carla in 1961, local restaurants rebuilt and became favorites of Houstonians, who enjoyed the seafood and relaxing atmosphere. Because subsidence caused much of Kemah to flood during high tide, a marina was built in 1988 to ease the problem in low-lying areas. Today, the Kemah area has the third largest fleet of recreational boats in America. When older homes were converted into quaint shops, the Kemah Lighthouse Shopping District was formed. In 1997, property on the Clear Creek channel and Kemah bay front was acquired in order to develop the Kemah Boardwalk, one of the top 10 boardwalks in America.
Médias | Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé) |
Validé | 9 janvier 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780738585031 |
Éditeurs | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Dimensions | 171 × 10 × 241 mm · 294 g |
Langue et grammaire | English |
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