On New Year’s Day 1863, the Confederacy managed to break the Union blockade choking its ports by capturing Galveston, Texas.

Brown water or blue, Galveston's beaches are so firmly fixed in the public's imagination that most folks don't realize ...

Danny Perez, lead public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Houston District, said the ...

The U.S. government has not informed the Port of Galveston that the oil tanker seized this week near Venezuela will end up in the Houston area. “Officials have not notified the Port of Galveston that ...

More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of Houston welcomed so many European immigrants – including some 10,000 Jews – it earned the ...

MSC Cruises' launch from Galveston in November, and the opening of the Texas port's fourth cruise terminal to accommodate the MSC Seascape, mark a major boost for Gulf Coast cruising. The new terminal ...

The Texas city was briefly known as “The Ellis Island of the West” thanks to Jacob Schiff. GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 ...

Shelley Nussenblatt Kessler, a descendant of Jewish immigrants who came to America as part of the Galveston Movement in the early 20th century, sits in Galveston, Texas, with a biography of the city's ...

(JTA) — GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 miles southeast of Houston welcomed so many European immigrants – including some ...

Or rather, Sea-Haw! MSC Cruises is now local! The MSC Seascape arrived at its new home in Galveston, in the Port of Galveston’s newest cruise terminal, on Nov. 7, and she is a beauty — both the ship ...

The MSC Seascape was the first ship to homeport at the Port of Galveston’s new cruise terminal on Nov. 7, 2025. An additional cruise ship will now anchor at the entrance of the Galveston Bay after the ...