“Galveston was the biggest city in Texas and second to New Orleans as the most important port on the Gulf Coast. The city started rebuilding right away, but was unable to convince investors to invest in Galveston. Now, it's just a town for tourists. That hurricane is the reason that Houston is the biggest city in Texas now.”
Christopher Morris
“Galveston was the biggest city in Texas and second to New Orleans as the most important port on the Gulf Coast, ... The city started rebuilding right away, but was unable to convince investors to invest in Galveston. Now, it's just a town for tourists. That hurricane is the reason that Houston is the biggest city in Texas now.”
“As he's getting a second project that he can use for border patrol or port surveillance, in our ports or any other number of shorter missions.”
John Craig
“We're trying to be a port for (entities) outside of San Antonio, outside of Texas, outside of the country.”
Councilman Roger Flores
“[The riverboat cruise carried them from New Orleans to Memphis, and back, with stops at river ports along the way.] It was very much a family thing, ... There were a lot of children on the trip, a lot with grandparents, a lot with parents, some with great-grandparents.”
Marcia Freeman
“The Ports Authority is not seeking to acquire any land for any inland port. We need to make it clear that we're not looking for any property.”
Byron Miller
“To the west we have the Calexico port of entry, to the east Nogales. Both of these ports of entry have a large amount of trucks passing through. We hope with the opening of this port of entry, we will be able to siphon off the extra workload they already have right now.”
Michael Freeman
