One fell swoop
By Carol Brown
@blitzfrick (2890)
United States
September 27, 2016 4:00pm CST
Sept 27, 2016
As usual, I was watching a movie with the commentary on and kapow! I learned something about my birthplace, Galveston, Texas. The commentator, Wes Anderson, mentioned an Indian burial ground located on the island. How on earth could I have grown up not knowing this? It was never mentioned in the Texas history class I had to take in junior high school.
I don't have the internet at home so I made a note to check it out, and sure enough, he wasn't making it up.
The film was The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), co-written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson and directed by Anderson. I wasn't as impressed by the movie as I was by this tidbit of information.
As it turned out, I got entertainment and education in one fell swoop.
Texas Beyond History TBH Home Coastal Main Prehistoric Texas Main Mitchell Main Setting Chronology Ethnohistory Investigations Occupational Evidence Mortuary Patterns Grave Goods Life and Death at Mitchell Ridge Credits & Sources Mitchell Ridge: Camp and B
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
4 Oct 16
I was totally surprised! Indeed, I lived there for decades and never knew. I wonder how many of the present-day residents are aware of the burial grounds. I did know that Galveston island had been inhabited by American Indians; it would follow that there were burial grounds but I never connected the dots! D'oh! 
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