> Before the hurricane of 1900, Galveston, TX was the largest metropolitan area west of the Mississippi. What? It was a bit smaller than the 100th largest cit

> Before the hurricane of 1900, Galveston, TX was the largest metropolitan area west of the Mississippi. What? It was a bit smaller than the 100th largest city in the U.S. both 1890 and 1900, with StL and SF >10x its size, and many other west of the Mississippi cities smaller multiples of Gavelston. The 1900 hurricane was devastating but it devastated a minor city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_United_States_Census#City_rankings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_United_States_Census#City... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_United_States_Census#City_rankings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_United_States_Census#City... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas#Demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas#Demographics