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Extract from the Galveston Travel Guides: In 1890
GALVESTON
- on the northern tip of Galveston Island, the southern terminus of I-45 - was a thriving port, far larger than Houston fifty miles northwest; many newly arrived European immigrants chose to stay here in the so-called "Queen of the Gulf." However, the building of Houston's Ship Canal, after the hurricanes of 1900 killed more than six thousand people and washed away much of the land, left the coastal town to fade slowly away. Thanks to its pretty historic district and its popularity with Houston residents seeking a summer escape, Galveston's undergone a certain revitalization, but the occasionally gritty city...
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