Galveston, which went from one of the nation's most prosperous Southern ports to a waterlogged pile of ruins literally overnight, has been reckoning with the storm ever since. It gave Houston an ...
RELATED: ON THIS DAY: September 8, 1900 — Nation's deadliest natural disaster occurs with 'Great Galveston Hurricane' ...
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Monday, Sept. 8th marked 125 years since a massive hurricane hit Galveston Island. The storm was equivalent to what would be a present-day Category 4 hurricane. To this day, ...
Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Erik Larson's ...
Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Erik Larson's ...
The 1900 Storm Memorial by David Moore sits atop the Galveston Seawall. In 1900, Galveston experienced what is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in American history when a category 4 ...
BEAUMONT, Texas — The McFaddin-Ward House Museum will present a lecture Thursday examining the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, followed by an ...
For 125 years, Galveston has held the dubious honor of being the site of the nation's deadliest natural disaster: the devastating hurricane that came ashore on Sept. 8, 1900. Worse, at least some of ...