A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

In 1890, Liberty and Annie McKinney hired English contractor William Evans to build this commanding Victorian house. ... Texas, before he relocated to Galveston in 1846.

TWO WEALTHY CITIZENS OF GALVESTON ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS CRIME. ... June 29, 1890. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 29, 1890, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

Galveston, Texas, stands as the unique birthplace of Juneteenth, where on June 19, 1865, freedom reached the final enslaved individuals in the United States. The city commemorates that legacy ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ...

GALVESTON, Texas — It’s official. Battleship Texas has a new permanent home. The Galveston Wharves Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to move the Battleship Texas to Pier 15, which is near the ...

The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees took an important step at its meeting Tuesday, voting to approve a berth for the Battleship Texas at the port's Pier 15.

GALVESTON, Texas — It’s official. Battleship Texas has a new permanent home. The Galveston Wharves Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to move the Battleship Texas to Pier 15, which is near the ...