Galveston

city and county-seat of Galveston co., Tex., on Galveston Island, between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It has the largest and deepest harbor on the Gulf coast, with two miles of wharf front. The ecommerce of the city is very exten. sive, the chief export being cotton. Galveston was settled in 1837; ax tured by the Federal forces in 1 g and retaken by the Confederates in 1863. It was nearly destroyed by fire in 1885, and Sept. 8, 1900, a tornado destroyed $30,000,000 of property and 7,000 lives. The new buildings, public grounds, and great sea wall are now attractive features. Pop.