Not long after winning their independence from Mexico in 1836, Texans began clamoring for lighthouses.
Lighthouse service was often a family affair, with husbands, wives, and children working together as keepers.
Beginning in 1852, twenty-eight Lighthouses were built along the Texas coastline, on land and over water.
Hundreds of miles of barrier islands, shifting sandbars, and shallow bays made the Texas coast treacherous at a time when few overland routes provided access to the new republic.
Not long after winning their independence from Mexico in 1836, Texans began clamoring for lighthouses