Editing Goliad, Texas (section)

===1902 tornado===
{{Main article|1902 Goliad, Texas, tornado}}
The 1902 Goliad tornado devastated the town, killing 114 people, including Sheriff Robert Shaw, and injuring at least 225. It is tied for the deadliest tornado in Texas history, and remains among the deadliest in the United States.<ref>{{Citation| url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Goliad+Tornado+of+1902&cnty=goliad| title=Goliad Tornado of 1902 Historical Marker| author=Texas State Historical Commission| access-date=March 22, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817091739/http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Goliad+Tornado+of+1902&cnty=goliad| archive-date=August 17, 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> Dr. Louis Warren Chilton, a young doctor whose wife was injured and whose daughter was lifted in the tornado funnel but survived, set up a temporary hospital and morgue in the courthouse. The [[Dr. L.W. and Martha E.S. Chilton House]] was built starting in June and included an underground shelter.<ref name="nrhpdoc-Chilton">{{cite web |author=Mary Burns and Mary Dillman |date=February 1998 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dr. L.W. and Martha E.S. Chilton House |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250202034929/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972550 |archive-date=2 February 2025 |website=[[National Archives]] |publisher=}}</ref>