An ongoing legal battle playing out in Galveston County courts over the makeup of the Texas State Historical Association board could have a bearing on how the state’s history is taught and ultimately ...

Disaster struck Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 8, 1900. The devastating hurricane took thousands of lives, homes and businesses. Before the hurricane, in the late 1800s, Galveston was ranked as the Lone ...

Discover the haunted side of Galveston as historian Mister McKinney shares ghostly tales that still linger through the island's eerie streets.

Jack Johnson Park in Galveston is named after the first Black heavyweight champion in boxing, who was born on the island. Galveston is home to Texas' first high school for Black students and its first ...

The city hosted an event that featured an unveiling of a new welcome sign. Ahead of Juneteenth, Galveston, Texas, was recognized as being the original birthplace of the African American holiday. The ...

A Galveston County judge Tuesday granted a temporary injunction in a case over the makeup of the Texas State Historical Association, setting up a legal battle in the fall that could determine the ...

In its heyday, the Martini could seat nearly 1,000 people. Its architect, W. Scott Dunne, also designed several other notable ...

One does not expect to stumble across news about the Galveston Movement in the august pages of The New Yorker magazine. Discussion of this 20th-century resettlement campaign — a breakaway effort that ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Knights of Momus Mardi Gras Parade began in 1871, until it was discontinued during World War II. Mardi Gras would not return to the Island until developer and ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Many in Galveston have said it for generations -- the island is haunted. It's a reputation rooted in ...

Enslaved people already had been freed two-and-a-half years earlier, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, according to PBS. So freedom arrived on June ...