History Now Essay "One of those monstrosities of nature": The Galveston Storm of 1900 Elizabeth Hayes Turner Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Dawn brought "mother of pearl" skies to Galveston, Texas, that Saturday morning of September 8, 1900. The city of 38,000, perched on an island just off the mainland, had an elevation of no more than nine feet. With no sea wall to... Appears in: 40 | Disasters in Modern American History Fall 2014