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Galveston Bay Galveston, Texas Historic map showing Galveston Bay, the city of Galveston, Houston, and surrounding areas in southeast Texas around 1900. The map details county boundaries, major towns, railroads, and waterways, with Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico prominently labeled along the southeastern edge. Map showing the storm track of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, beginning as a tropical storm near Cuba, strengthening as it moves northwest across the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall at Galveston, Texas, and continuing northeast through the central United States before dissipating over the northern Atlantic. Key dates, hurricane categories, and wind speeds are marked along the path. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
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Galveston: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Galveston, Texas, United States. Feb 21, 2025
Population updated and media revised. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Galveston, Texas, United States. Apr 05, 2024
Map added. Jul 14, 2023
Added cross-reference. May 14, 2023
Maps added. May 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas - Galveston, Texas, United States. Mar 14, 2019
Population data updated. Aug 01, 2011
Article revised and updated. Sep 19, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Galveston. Jul 24, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of the City of Galveston, Texas, United States. Sep 04, 2006
Article revised. Jul 10, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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