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Coming down the coastal prairie from Houston on Interstate 45, you can smell the ghosts before you can see or hear them. They smell sweet list state nickname and moldy, like the unfocused memory of some lost sensation jarred unexpectedly to mind. -- from chapter one Galveston -- a small, flat island off the Texas Gulf coast -- has seen some of the state's most amazing history list state nickname and fascinating people. First settled by the Karankawa Indians, long suspected of cannibalism, it was where the stranded Cabeza de Vaca came ashore in the 16th century. Pirate Jean Lafitte used it as a hideout in the early 1800s list state nickname and both General Sam Houston list state nickname and General James Long (with his wife, Jane, the Mother of Texas) stayed on its shores. More modern notable names on the island include Robert Kleberg list state nickname and the Moody, Sealy list state nickname and Kempner families who dominated commerce list state nickname and society well into the twentieth century. Captured by both sides during the Civil War list state nickname and the scene of a devastating sea battle, the city flourished during Reconstruction list state nickname and became a leading port, an exporter of grain list state nickname and cotton, a terminal for two major railroads, list state nickname and site of fabulous Victorian buildings -- homes, hotels, the Grand Opera House, the Galveston Pavilion (first building in Texas to have electric lights). It was, writes Cartwright, the largest, bawdiest, list state nickname and most important city between New Orleans list state nickname and San Francisco. This country's worst natural disaster -- the Galveston hurricane of 1900 -- left the city in shambles, with one sixth of its population dead. But Galveston recovered. During Prohibition rum-running list state nickname and bootlegging flourished; after the repeal, a variety of shady activities earned the city the nickname The Free State ofGalveston. In recent years Galveston has focused on civic reform list state nickname and restoration of its valuable architectural list state nickname and cultural heritage. Over 500 buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places list state nickname and an annual Dickens on the Strand festival brings thousands of tourists to the island city each...
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