Rebuilding was 'Galveston's finest hour'
The story of the 1900 Storm is one about the fate of people at the hands of nature, but it's also one about people altering their own fates by changing the face of nature.
One night of terror became a lasting part of Galveston's identity
A Galveston Daily News reporter in 1900 said the story of the Sept. 8, 1900, hurricane could never truly be written.
For many, no words could ever be spoken again about the deadly hurricane that reshaped the Gulf Coast forever.
Courtesy of the Rosenberg Library
The Grand 1894 Opera House
Marsha Wilson Rappaport
Laurie Bricker
Dr. Araminta Sorrell
Clara Barton and the Red Cross
The story of Clara Barton and the Red Cross, which established an orphanage for storm victims and helped acquire lumber to rebuild houses.
Survivors tell their own tales
From Galveston's Rosenberg Library, Shelly Henley Kelly and Casey Edward Greene offer this collection of written and oral accounts by survivors immediately following the Storm.
Orphanage tragedy remembered
More than 6,000 men, women and children lost their lives during the Great Storm. Among the dead were 10 sisters and 90 children from the St. Mary's Orphans Asylum.