History of Galveston Bay Resource Utilization

;Table of Contents: The Galveston Bay National Estuary Program; Introduction; The Formation of the Galveston Bay Ecosystem, the Indigenous People, and the European Intruders, Pre-history to 1800; From a Food Source to a Conduit for Settlement: The Bay During Mexican Independence, Anglo American Colonization, and the Republic of Texas, 1810-1845; Improving Navigation: Statehood to World War I, 1846-1914; Increasing Population and Industrialization Threaten the Bay's Ecosystem: The Sewer Era and Efforts to Clean It Up, 1870-1992; Commercial and Sport Fishing and Bay Area Wildlife 1850-1990s; and Galveston Bay Over 14,000 Years: A Summary