Lindsay Graham

Hello, American History Teller listeners.

I have an exciting announcement.

I'm going on tour and coming to a theater near you.

This live show is a thrilling evening of history, storytelling, and music, with a full band accompanying me as we look back to explore the days that made America.

And they aren't the days that you might think.

Sure, everyone knows July 4th, 1776.

We'll be hearing a lot about that date this year.

But there are many other days that are maybe even more influential.

So come out to see me live.

More shows to be announced soon.

So for information on tickets and upcoming dates, go to AmericanHistoryLive.com.

That's AmericanHistoryLive.com.

Come see my Days That Made America tour live on stage.

Go to AmericanHistoryLive.com.

From Audible Originals, I'm Lindsey Graham, and this is American History Tellers.

Our history, your story.

On September 8, 1900, a ferocious hurricane leveled the island city of Galveston.

In the aftermath, what had been the primary port in the western Gulf of Mexico looked like a war zone.

Railroad and streetcar tracks destroyed, churches demolished, there were miles of wreckage, and the remains of human and animal corpses lay strewn all across the island.

Between 6,000 to 8,000 people died in total.