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Unit 10 (Ch. 20, Sect. 1). Galveston, Texas: Basic Facts Galveston is located on Galveston Island Galveston has been the home to –Native Americans (Karankawas)

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Page 1: Unit 10 (Ch. 20, Sect. 1). Galveston, Texas: Basic Facts Galveston is located on Galveston Island Galveston has been the home to –Native Americans (Karankawas)

Unit 10

(Ch. 20, Sect. 1)

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Galveston, Texas: Basic Facts

• Galveston is located on Galveston Island

• Galveston has been the home to – Native Americans (Karankawas)– Pirates (Jean Laffite)

– Revolutionary Governments (Ad interim)

• Began in April of 1838

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Galveston, Texas: Basic Facts

• Mexico used Galveston as a port due to its naturally deep harbor.

• In 1800s Galveston was a center for Cotton shipping for Texas and the U S.

• Largest city in Texas from 1870-80 –22,248 people

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“Wall Street of the Southwest”

• During the late 1800s Galveston was Texas’ most refined city.

• Galveston enjoyed its role as the financial center of Texas, a true White-Collar City.

• First Texas city to have: – electric lights

– telephone

– baseball team

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September 1900

• By early September 1900, citizens of Galveston hear about a storm in the Gulf of Mexico

• Did not know how powerful it was

• Most citizens disregarded the warnings given by Dr. Isaac Cline

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September 1900• Dr. Cline notices unusual swells in the gulf

as he makes his rounds, but nothing signaling what’s to come.

• Dr. Cline received messages from the Weather bureau as Galveston had been put under a storm warning as early as Sept 4.

• Galveston’s 38,000 residents go to sleep that night unaware of the fate that awaits them

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1900 Storm Path

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September 1900• Early in the day, water begins to flood

homes blocks from the beach

• Galveston’s highest point above sea level was only 8.7 feet and people begin to move to higher ground and into tall buildings

• As flood waters rise the bridge to mainland is destroyed by a boat that escapes its moorings

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• By the early evening, the winds began to blow the deadly storm surge onto the island

• A storm surge of 15.7 feet swept over the island and completely submerged it.

• People fled to the second and third stories of high buildings

• Winds estimated at near 130 mph gusts

September 1900

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September 1900• As people fled the storm, many were killed

by flying debris from houses that had been destroyed by wind and water

• People clung to anything to keep afloat.

• By night time the city was in utter darkness as the gasworks for city lighting was destroyed.

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September 1900

• By 11:00 pm, the winds turned from the south and the storm began to weaken

• By the next morning the storm was gone and devastation was left in its wake:

1.6,000-8,000 people dead on the island2.3,600 buildings destroyed3.$20 million in damage done to the

island = to $700 million today

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Causeway before the storm

Causeway after the storm

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Aftermath• Galveston had to recover

• Bodies were collected to be identified and then a plan was made to dispose of them

• Bodies were staked on barges and weighted down to be sunk in the gulf.

• A few days later the bodies washed back onto the island.

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Aftermath• The city officials decided to burn all the

bodies.

• Many African-American citizens were put in charge of burning the bodies.

• Galveston asked for assistance from the governor to prevent riots in the city

• 125 people were shot for looting from houses and from the dead bodies.

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Changes After the Storm• Galveston changed its city government

to a commission system to speed up the process of recovering

• A seawall was proposed to block the island from deadly storm surges

• The city planned to raise it’s elevation by bringing in sand from the gulf

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Changes After the Storm• Galveston built a 17 foot sea wall that

extends for over three miles of the islands coastline.

• They increased the elevation of the town by 16 feet

• These projects were completed by 1904, causing Galveston to miss out on the oil boom.

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Galveston Today• Galveston resumed its role as a

port of entry for Texas immigrants after the Hurricane

• However, Houston overtook Galveston as the most important port city in Texas when the Houston Ship Channel was built.

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Galveston Today

• Galveston’s economy today is based largely on tourism.

• It is also the home of the two Universities:

–Texas A&M University @ Galveston

–University of Texas Medical Branch

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VIEW OF GALVESTON TEXAS

LOOKING TOWARDS THE GULF