Port Bolivar

Port Bolivar is a community at the western tip of Bolivar Peninsula , a short ferry ride across the body of water known as Bolivar Roads from Galveston Island and the city of Galveston, in Galveston County. Port Bolivar is served by State Highway 87. The peninsula was once inhabited by Karankawa Indians, but white settlers arrived at the point as early as 1819, when James Long made headquarters there. Most of the early settlers gathered around Fort Travis. In 1838 Samuel D. Parr surveyed the area around the site of Port Bolivar. He was granted a league of land by the Republic of Texas