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Wasn't That a Mighty Storm. " Wasn't That a Mighty Storm " is an American folk song concerning the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas. It was revived and popularized by Eric Von Schmidt and Tom Rush in the 1960s, and later by the bluegrass musician Tony Rice.
The song’s lyrics recount the devastating events of the Galveston Hurricane in the year 1900. This natural disaster took the lives of thousands of people and forever changed the coastal city of Galveston, Texas. The opening lines of the song perfectly set the stage for the tragedy: “You know the year of 1900, children, many years ago.
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. [1] She often appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award for the album Other Voices, Other Rooms.[2]
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [2][3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [4] The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in ...
The storm, says Griffith, "is probably the most famous hurricane in America, because it was so destructive. Every time I've read about what's been going on in Central America, I've seen the storm ...
Blew all the people away Galveston had a sea wall Meant to keep the water down High tide from the ocean Nanci Griffith (born Nanci Caroline Griffith in Seguin, TX, on 6 July 1953; died 13 August 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who was raised in Austin, TX, and later resided in Nashville, TN.
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The Galveston and Texas History Center’s 1900 Storm victim index includes ambiguous entries for a Mrs. Figge (first name unknown) and her four children. The 1899-1900 Galveston city directory did not list a Figge family, although it did not list many west-end residents. Henreta Figge, the head, was a widow 43 years of age.
