Kammala wannan jumla: Bay ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tarihin Texas. Tsibirin Galveston gida ne ga garin Galveston, babban mazaunin farko a kudu maso gabashin Texas kuma birni mafi girma a jihar a ƙarshen karni na sha tara. Yayin da a
mummunar guguwa a cikin 1900 ta hanzarta raguwar Galveston, daga baya haɓakar Houston a matsayin babban cibiyar kasuwanci, wanda aka sauƙaƙe ta hanyar lalata tashar jirgin ruwa ta Houston a ƙasan rabin yammacin tekun, ya tabbatar da ci gaba da mahimmancin tattalin arziƙin tekun.