The Real Reason Galveston's Strand Lost Its Trade to Houston

Discover how Galveston's Strand district, once called the Wall Street of the South, was nearly erased by America's deadliest hurricane in 1900. Before 1900, Galveston's Strand was the financial heart of the busiest port on the Gulf Coast. This episode traces the hurricane that devastated it, the decades it spent forgotten, and the 1970s restoration that turned it into a National Historic Landmark district. Subscribe to Old Waterfront America for more true stories of the old docks, ports, and waterfronts that built the country before they became parks, condos, and tourist attractions.