A lot has happened since the Great Galveston Storm of 1900. For one thing, on September 18, 1901 the City of Galveston dropped the mayor-alderman style of government and adopted the first commission formof government in the country. Under this type of government he governor of the state appointed a mayor and four commissioners. Each…
Month: June 2020
After the Storm
Devastation and Destruction The devastation of the City in the aftermath of the Storm was indescribable.The whole island was under any where from 8 to 15 feet of water for several hours. The winds howled at over 100 miles per hour during much of the storm and may possible gone as high as 120 miles…
During The Storm
Sometime between 3 PM and 4 PM the Bay met the Gulf. By four o’lock water was a foot deep at the highest point in the city and the wind had reached hurricane velocity. People later said when they saw debris floating toward the Gulf they thought the water was receding. It was later they…
The Approaching Storm
The United States Weather Bureau had been formed in 1882 as a part of the US Army Signal Corps and Isaac Cline the Galveston Weather Bureau chief had been a part of the Bureau from the very begining. His brother, Joseph Cline, was his assistant weather observer. In 1900 there were no worldwide weather reporting…
Before The Storm
Located fifty miles from Houston and two miles off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico the City of Galveston is on Galveston Island which is located at 29 degrees 18 minutes north latitude and 94 degrees 47 minutes west longitude. The island is a part of a long string of barrier islands stretching…
The Great Galveston Storm
Welcome to the Great Galveston Storm Website (Note: Mic Barnette, the author of this site, formerly wrote a weekly genealogical column in the Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas. To read some of his back columns visit his website at: http://www.geocities.com/barnette_geo/) (Update: The Geocities website went out of business and the columns no longer exist on that…
Company D 3rd TN -Company Roster
Following is a list of the companies composing Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest’s 3rd Tennessee Regiment. Company D which was recruited and commanded by Captain N. C. Gould was the only company from Texas serving of Red River County, Texas. Gould recruited the men in his company at Clarkesville, Red River County, Texas where it was…