Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He wāhi nui te moana ki te hītori o Texas. Ko Galveston Island te taone nui o Galveston, te taone nui tuatahi i te tonga-rawhiti o Texas me te taone nui rawa o te kawanatanga i te mutunga o te rautau tekau ma iwa. I te mea he
I whakatere te parekura kino i te tau 1900 i te heke o Galveston, ko te pikinga o Houston hei pokapū hokohoko nui, i awhinahia e te whakawāteatanga o te Houston Ship Channel puta noa i te hawhe ki te hauauru o te takutai, i whakarite i te hiranga o te ohanga o te takutai.