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2. Moody Gardens - Wikipedia

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   Moody Gardens is an educational tourist destination, with a golf course and hotel in Galveston, Texas, which opened in 1986. The non-profit destination, established by The Moody Foundation, [5] uses nature to educate and excite visitors about conservation and wildlife. Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium Pyramid ...

3. Moody Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Moody Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Texas and based in the island city of Galveston. It was chartered in 1942 by William Lewis Moody Jr. and his wife Libbie Rice Shearn Moody "to benefit, in perpetuity, present and future generations of Texans." The Foundation focuses the majority of its funding on programs involving ...

4. Shearn Moody Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Mary Moody Northen (Aunt) Shearn Moody Jr. (May 23, 1933 – June 25, 1996) was an American financier, entrepreneur, and philanthropist from Galveston, Texas. He was heir to a financial empire as well as a convicted felon and originator of the Moody Gardens resort complex. [1][2][3] Moody was the grandson of insurance and financial tycoon ...

5. William Lewis Moody Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Shearn Moody Jr. (grandson) William Lewis Moody Jr. (January 25, 1865 – July 21, 1954) [1][2][3] was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, who founded a private bank, an insurance company, and one of the largest charitable foundations in the United States. [4] Moody was active in the day-to-day operations of his ...

6. Moody Mansion - Wikipedia

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   Designated RTHL. 1967. The Moody Mansion, also known as the Willis-Moody Mansion, is a historic residential building in Galveston, Texas located at 2618 Broadway Avenue. The thirty-one room Romanesque mansion was completed in 1895. The home is named for William Lewis Moody, Jr., an American financier and entrepreneur in the cotton business who ...

7. Strand Historic District - Wikipedia

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   May 11, 1976. Designated HD. January 26, 1970. The Strand Historic District, also known as the Strand District, in downtown Galveston, Texas (USA), is a National Historic Landmark District of mainly Victorian era buildings that now house restaurants, antique stores, and curio shops. The area is a major tourist attraction for the island city and ...