A women was interviewed that lived on Crystal Beach and she was asked about the others of Crystal Beach...she said they were all dead. So if folks are looking for a large death count coming from the west end of Galveston...they need to be looking northeast that’s where the people were killed. The west enders got out...
Actually, Crystal Beach is a city, not part of Galveston Island. You have to take the Bolivar ferry off of Galv Island to access Crystal Beach, High Island, Gilchrist and a few other small communities along the coast. The road leads you to Port Arthur. Nothing but very small communities from the ferry to PA for about 40 miles or so. I don’t think the mayor of Galveston would be responsible for those areas - they are in Chambers County.