This article originally published at We reimagined Galveston as if the 1900 storm never happened.

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was by far America's deadliest, wiping out a booming city in southeast Texas. On Sept. 8, 1900, ...

The 72-foot column topped by a 22-foot bronze statue needs cleaning.

On Sept. 8, 1900, the deadliest U.S. hurricane and natural disaster made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Storms weren't named in those days, but it became known as the "Great Galveston Hurricane" after ...

GALVESTON, Texas – A Guinness World Record title could be coming to Galveston Island. The title for world record is for a rather... quirky... reason. “We’re ...

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 ...

As we near the peak of hurricane season, it was 125 years ago that Texas’s history was altered forever due to a massive, historic storm. In 1900, Galveston was a major hub of economic and commercial ...

Galveston's Parks Board hopes to honor part of the city's history next weekend while claiming a Guinness World Records title. The board hopes to bring together 8,125 people along the Seawall on Sept.

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was by far America's deadliest, wiping out a booming city in southeast Texas. On Sept. 8, 1900, 125 years ago tonight, a Category 4 hurricane roared into Galveston ...