Free State of Galveston (English Wikipedia)

"Wide-Open Galveston Mocks Texas Laws". Life. Vol. 39, no. 7. Time Inc. August 1955. p. 26.
"50,000 Texans Hail Queen of the Car". Life. May 1931. p. 36. In Galveston on 'Splash Day' (which annually opens the Gulfside bathing season), 50,000 Texans gathered to honor the newest and most modern of American institutions: the car-hop girl.
Federal Writers' Project (1940). Texas: a guide to the lone star state. New York: Books Inc. (Hastings House). ISBN 0-403-02192-8.
Cartwright, Gary (October 1991). "Benny and the Boys". Texas Monthly: 137.
"Boosterism That Went Bust". Texas Monthly. October 1981. p. 158.
Cartwright (1998), p. 273.
Cartwright, Gary (August 1987). "The Sleaziest Man In Texas". Texas Monthly. 8 (8): 162.
Miller (1993), p. 14.
"Milestones, Mar. 29, 1954". Time. March 29, 1954. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010.
"The Final Curtain". The Billboard. Nielsen Business Media: 43. March 27, 1954.
Communications, Emmis (October 1981). "Failure: Boosterism That Went Bust". Texas Monthly: 158.
Blake, James Carlos (2004). Under the Skin. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-054243-6.
Dotson, Sydney Newman (2003). No Greater Deception: A True Texas Story. Authorhouse. ISBN 978-1-4140-0977-3.
Braun, Matt (2003). Overlords. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-98172-3.
Cunningham, Bill; Davis, Steven L.; Newsom, Rollo K. (2007). Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71737-4.

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Rice, Harvey (December 22, 2008). "Casinos answer to isle's woes? / City that was 'wide open' in a past era weighs gambling as path to Ike recovery". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2009.

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Beall, Joel M. (April 27, 2015). "Before Las Vegas, there was Newport". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 28, 2017.

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Davis, Peter (May 2, 2008). "Beaches bring out island's diversity". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011.

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Brown, Bridget (May 17, 2009). "Isle bathing beauty tradition reborn". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
Taylor, Heber (December 3, 2008). "Wanna bet? Readers vote for gambling". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012.

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Cherry, Bill (October 25, 2004). "Miss America was once Pageant of Pulchritude". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
Cherry, Bill (October 25, 2004). "Miss America was once Pageant of Pulchritude". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
Thompson, Carter (May 9, 2004). "Gambling advocates not cashing out". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005.
Gillogly-Torres, Carla (June 29, 2003). "'Galveston, The Musical' to open July 11". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.

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Connelly, Richard (September 1, 2010). "Galveston Begins Latest Push For Casinos With Poll". Houston Press.

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"The Balinese Room: Farewell to an Icon". Humanities Texas. 2007. Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. With this evidence, Wilson, brandishing injunctions, swooped onto the island in June 1957 and closed forty-seven clubs, bingo parlors, and brothels as public nuisances. ... They found some two thousand slot machines, illegal since 1951, that they smashed and dumped into Galveston Bay.

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Bird, Sarah (2022). Last Dance on the Starlight Pier. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250265548.

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Burnett, John (September 28, 2009). "In Galveston, Texas, Ike Hits Historic Buildings". National Public Radio.

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Carleton, Don. "Cronkite's Texas (In his own words)". Alcalde. Texas Exes. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2009.

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Cartwright, Gary (October 2002). "Fantasy Island". Texas Monthly. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2009. The beach was a year-round carnival, with roller coasters and Ferris wheels and countless bathing girl revues.
Draper, Robert (May 1997). "Big Fish". Texas Monthly.

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Nieman, Robert (Fall 2008). "Galveston's Balinese Room" (PDF). The Ranger Dispatch (27): 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2011.

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"Miss United States Began In Galveston". The Islander Magazine. 2006. Archived from the original on October 19, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
Cartwright (1998), p. 199
"History of Mardi Gras in Galveston". The Islander Magazine. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2009.

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"Corporations: Executive Suite". Time. September 6, 1954. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
Miller (1993), p. 14.
"Milestones, Mar. 29, 1954". Time. March 29, 1954. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010.
"The Final Curtain". The Billboard. Nielsen Business Media: 43. March 27, 1954.

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Humphrey, David C.: Prostitution from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 30, 2009. Texas State Historical Association
McCombs (1986), p. 151.
Rieder, Robert A.: Electric interurban railways from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 13, 2009., Texas State Historical Association.
Kleiner, Diana J.: Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 13, 2009., Texas State Historical Association.
Sullivan, Sandia; Boydston, Philip: American National Insurance Company from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved November 4, 2009. Texas State Historical Association.
Rice, Bradley R.: Commission form of city government from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 13, 2009. Texas State Historical Association.
McComb, David G.: Galveston, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved October 13, 2009. Texas State Historical Association.
Darst, Maury: Fort Crockett from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 18, 2010. Texas State Historical Association.

txplanning.org

Lee, Lori (Fall 2008). "Galveston: a closer look" (PDF). Texas Planning Review. Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association. pp. 3–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2009. So in a spirit of independence, so to speak, Galveston became a safe harbor to illegal gambling, prostitution and smuggling. Schooners brought in rum from Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, supplying customers from Houston to St. Louis. From 1919 to 1933, prohibition led to changes in the city's power structure.

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Morgan, Lael (Fall 2007). "The San Antonio Blue Book: Proof of a Secret Era" (PDF). The Compass Rose. XXI (2). University of Texas at Arlington Library: 1–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011.

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Nieman, Robert (Fall 2008). "Galveston's Balinese Room" (PDF). The Ranger Dispatch (27): 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2011.
Carleton, Don. "Cronkite's Texas (In his own words)". Alcalde. Texas Exes. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
"Corporations: Executive Suite". Time. September 6, 1954. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
Cherry, Bill (October 25, 2004). "Miss America was once Pageant of Pulchritude". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
Brown, Bridget (May 17, 2009). "Isle bathing beauty tradition reborn". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
Cartwright, Gary (October 2002). "Fantasy Island". Texas Monthly. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2009. The beach was a year-round carnival, with roller coasters and Ferris wheels and countless bathing girl revues.
Cherry, Bill (October 25, 2004). "Miss America was once Pageant of Pulchritude". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
Rice, Harvey (December 22, 2008). "Casinos answer to isle's woes? / City that was 'wide open' in a past era weighs gambling as path to Ike recovery". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
Cartwright (1998), p. 199
"History of Mardi Gras in Galveston". The Islander Magazine. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Morgan, Lael (Fall 2007). "The San Antonio Blue Book: Proof of a Secret Era" (PDF). The Compass Rose. XXI (2). University of Texas at Arlington Library: 1–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011.
Miller (1993), p. 14.
"Milestones, Mar. 29, 1954". Time. March 29, 1954. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010.
"The Final Curtain". The Billboard. Nielsen Business Media: 43. March 27, 1954.
"The Balinese Room: Farewell to an Icon". Humanities Texas. 2007. Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. With this evidence, Wilson, brandishing injunctions, swooped onto the island in June 1957 and closed forty-seven clubs, bingo parlors, and brothels as public nuisances. ... They found some two thousand slot machines, illegal since 1951, that they smashed and dumped into Galveston Bay.
Thompson, Carter (May 9, 2004). "Gambling advocates not cashing out". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005.
Davis, Peter (May 2, 2008). "Beaches bring out island's diversity". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011.
Taylor, Heber (December 3, 2008). "Wanna bet? Readers vote for gambling". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012.
Gillogly-Torres, Carla (June 29, 2003). "'Galveston, The Musical' to open July 11". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.

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Lee, Lori (Fall 2008). "Galveston: a closer look" (PDF). Texas Planning Review. Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association. pp. 3–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2009. So in a spirit of independence, so to speak, Galveston became a safe harbor to illegal gambling, prostitution and smuggling. Schooners brought in rum from Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, supplying customers from Houston to St. Louis. From 1919 to 1933, prohibition led to changes in the city's power structure.