Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin karni na 19, Galveston ya zama babban cibiyar kasuwanci na Amurka kuma daya daga cikin manyan tashar jiragen ruwa a Amurka. A wani lokaci ita ce birni mafi girma a Texas, da aka sani da "Sarauniyar Birnin Gulf". Guguwar Galveston da ba a zata ba ta lalata shi a shekara ta 1900
, wanda tasirinsa ya hada da ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa da guguwa wanda kusan ya shafe garin. Bala'in da ya faru a tsibirin har yanzu ana kiransa bala'i mafi muni a tarihin Amurka, inda aka kiyasta cewa mutane 6,000 zuwa 12,000 ne suka mutu. Daga baya garin ya sake fitowa a lokacin haramcin na 1919<unk>1933 a matsayin babban cibiyar yawon bude ido da kuma cibiyar caca ba bisa ka'ida ba, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da Free State of Galveston har sai wannan zamanin ya ƙare a cikin shekarun 1950 tare da sauran ci gaban tattalin arziki da zamantakewa.