The storymaps author begins with an introduction that explains the necessity of the project, then beings the journey through the towns history with maps from 1837.

[The goal of the project is to engage the community in it's history and promote an air of pride in the town.]

This project utilizes several maps of the area to tell the story and engage readers. There are 4 3D scenes, 2 scenes contain aerial imagery, 1 from the 1940's and the other from the 1980's; the other 2 scenes are scanned, georeferenced maps. One map is the aforementioned 1837 map of the areas bordering the north shore of Clear Lake; the second map is a set of 2 city plats, scanned and georeferenced, from 1900 and 1903. In regards to the aerial scenes, these 2 maps contain map tour layers of geolocated photographs with dates ranging from 1900 - 2000. The project continues in chronological order of the events that transpire in Seabrook, to include dates of prominent families that help to shape the city. Accompanying the chronological dates are express maps that showcase the location of the events as they happened. Among the dates are displayed archived photos which are publicly available and provided by the University of Houston-Clear Lake; citations are attributed to each photo used. Links are included in special sections to 2 different Spyglass storymaps: a swipe map of 1940's vs Today Seabrook, and a swipe map of 1980's vs Today Seabrook.

Special attention is given to the 1837 and 1900 maps that include a special narrative, because of the defining decisions that served as catalysts for the growth of Seabrook. To continue engaging the community and promote local pride, 2 sections were dedicated to public donations of photos, stories and videos. Video interviews are done with the older residents to save and catalog those memories of times we know nothing about.

This is an open ended project and contributions from the community continue to trickle in. It is, and will be continually being updated as time goes on because history doesn't just happen in the past it happens in the present too.

The author wraps up the journey with an aerial of current Seabrook [2019] and briefly discusses his own opinions about the importance of the project and why local history is just as important as national history; leaving a personal invitation and challenge to contribute to saving local history. Not just for his town, but for others as well.

Included links for the public help amend any mistakes in historical research, and to digitally donate photos to the project.

[Opinions expressed by the author are entirely his and are not supported or reflect the opinions of the organization as a whole.]