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Galveston's
1966
- 2008 Kon-Tiki
was a prominent early bar in Galveston, In a July 2016 article in Outsmart Brandon Wolf charted the locations First,
two articles giving some contemporary history...according to the 1983
below, the Albatross, from Summer 1968 listed the Kon Tiki Here
are the bar ads I found charting some club data, 1970 1972 1975 1976 1977 1979
1980 1981 The
Galveston Daily News around this time began running some unusual coverage,
which 1982
1983
below, yes, the Galveston Daily News implied it was a gay bar Fire 1984 New Location
New Location 1985 above ad got the anniversary wrong 1986 New Location 1988 1989 1991
1992 1993 below, mostly AIDS coverage with some Kon Tiki mention 1994 1995 1996
1997
Sometime around 2001 Jesse Garza bought the club, and added his name to it He passed in 2006, and the club closed in January 2008
And,
for as long as it lasts,
2007 2008 last listing in TWT
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