Historic Cemeteries of Houston and Galveston, Landmarks

Name: Historic Cemeteries of Houston and Galveston, Landmarks
Author: Tristan Smith

Author Tristan Smith offers an insightful guide through two dozen of Houston and Galveston's most historic cemeteries. Houston and Galveston's historic cemeteries lie scattered amongst the neighborhoods and thoroughfares of the nation's fourth largest city. Some of these portals to the past nestle in hidden pockets of the bustling metropolis. Other cemeteries carve out the kind of contemplative sanctuary that rivals the city's largest greenspaces. Explore the burial grounds around the Bayou City, where astronauts, musicians, movie stars and civic leaders rest alongside rogues, scoundrels and murderers.

Tristan Smith

Tristan Smith is an independent historian living in Houston, Texas. He has worked for museums and nonprofits in Kansas, Missouri and Texas for over twenty years in marketing, curation, education, volunteer, management and administrative capacities. Museums he's been involved with have featured natural history, the 1950s, fine art, community history, a sunken steamboat found in a Kansas cornfield, a U.S. president and firefighting history. He has also consulted organizations and municipalities in historic preservation. He is the author of Images of America: Houston Fire Department (Arcadia Publishing, 2015) and A History Lover's Guide to Houston (The History Press, 2020). Additional work can be found on his website www.thehistorysmith.com.