GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- September 8 marks the somber anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The category 4 hurricane made landfall on the island, taking the lives of at least 6,000 ...
GALVESTON, Texas – Imagine a beautiful Saturday morning in Galveston. Warm and humid, thousands of people starting their day not knowing that a massive Category 4 hurricane was hours away from ...
Six paintings by maritime artist Julius Stockfleth are on display at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, capturing moments from Galveston's 1900 storm.
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new piece of art inspired by the city of Galveston is coming soon to a park near you. Sculptor Doug McLean said his new work is called "Hope," and it shows a woman holding ...
Before the Great Storm of 1900 — which made its Texas landfall 125 years ago Monday — Galveston had become one of the busiest ports in North America with electric streetlights, grand hotels, and ...
115 years ago today, the Galveston Storm of 1900 hit, killing thousands and all but obliterating the city of Galveston. By today’s standards, the storm would’ve been a Category 4 hurricane, with ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of Galveston, Texas. Imagine if the 1900 hurricane, one of the worst natural disasters ever inflicted on western ...
Not the least among the ulterior results of the destructive Texas storm are those which bear on the cotton industry. The flood, which not only wrecked most of the Galveston storehouses, but ...
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The mayor of Galveston, Texas, declared a state of emergency last night in anticipation of Hurricane Rita's landfall. Noah Adams looks back at a hurricane that killed thousands in Galveston back in ...
A 1900 hurricane that left at least 6,000 people dead has had a long-lasting impact on Galveston, Texas. Paul Burka, a Galveston native who is senior executive editor of Texas Monthly, tells Scott ...