Lafitte's Grove

Review №1

Rating: 5

Neat little side note to Galveston history.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

A statue telling of the days of the dread Pirate Jean Lafitte.

Date: a year ago

Review №4

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №5

Rating: 1

The monument I guess is a sign of how the government can Per sway the people to fight and kill for a purpose that didn t exist for a cause that was a lie the elephant in the room was to destroy infrastructure that proved A different narrative.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

This is an awesome historical landmark!! At this location Lafitte built a fort and battle Indians. He burned it down when he left the area. Real pirate history!!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №7

Rating: 4

A medium-sized monument marker at a small roadside egress. Beautiful, but not much to do here outside of relaxing or admiring for a few minutes. The area is not very walkable, and really cant support more than a few people at a time and likely one car max.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №8

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №9

Rating: 4

I enjoy stopping at this historical marker and resting when Im out riding

Date: 3 years ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Interesting discovery.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Its a very nice place to sit down and have a conversation. The weather was great. Felt very comfortable there. If you have not seen this place, you should at least take a look

Date: 3 years ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Its a Grove, I guess Laffite bought it

Date: 3 years ago

Review №13

Rating: 4

Great history and my children definitely felt the presence of spirits.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

Great spot...lots of Pirate History!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

This monument needs to be replaced with a corrected version of real history. I explained go to you tube pavelavietor1

Date: 4 years ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

Because Pirate

Date: 4 years ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №18

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Fort and settlement established here in 1817 by the freebooter Jean Lafitte who maintained headquarters here while preying on shipping in the Gulf of Mexico. The Battle of the Three Trees was fought here between Lafittes men and Karankawa Indians, February, 1821. Fort abandoned and burned in 1821 by Lafitte after his departure was ordered by the United States government. In 1885, the Galveston Volunteer Fire Department hosted a picnic for the New Orleans Volunteer Fire Department at Lafittes Grove. In 1897, an amusement park complete with race track, shooting gallery, archery range, picnic area, and surf bathing was located at Lafittes Grove. The Little Suzie, a steam locomotive operated by the Galveston and Western Railway Company, pulled a train from Galveston to Lafittes Grove. The train also served the Nottingham Lace Curtain Factory about a mile east of Lafittes Grove until it closed in 1896. In 1932, Maco Stewart, Sr. donated a parcel of land at Lafittes Grove to the Sidney Sherman Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for use as a picnic park. This area is the location of what is called Mitchell Ridge by archeologists, a natural ridge no more than 10ft above sea level at its crest, that was inhabited by the indigenous people who lived seasonally on Galveston Island for hundreds of years. Excavations on the ridge, the relic of an ancient dune line, have revealed a rich archaeological record of their presence and lives. In fact, it is widely believed that Mitchell Ridge is where the Spanish Explorer Cabeza De Vaca, the first European to explore what is now Texas and the Southwestern U.S., lived with the native population after being shipwrecked on Galveston Island in 1528.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Creepy vibe

Date: 4 years ago

Review №21

Rating: 4

Sometimes you can see a variety of local wildlife.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №22

Rating: 3

Date: 5 years ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №24

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №25

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Learn something about Lafitte.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №27

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

Beautiful surroundings

Date: 5 years ago

Review №29

Rating: 5

Peaceful spot despite being,on the side of the road

Date: 5 years ago

Review №30

Rating: 4

Beautiful area Im Galveston. Very close to the seawall and Jamaica Beach! A lot of fancy houses and there are even peacocks walking around!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №31

Rating: 4

Date: 6 years ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago