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2. Hotel Galvez - Wikipedia

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   The Grand Galvez Resort & Spa is a historic 226-room resort hotel located in Galveston, Texas, United States that opened in 1911 as the Hotel Galvez. It was named to honor Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, for whom the city was named. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1979.

3. Balinese Room - Wikipedia

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   The Balinese Room was a famous nightclub in Galveston, Texas, United States built on a pier stretching 600 feet (183 m) from the Galveston Seawall over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. [2] For decades a dance hall and illegal casino, the Balinese Room was remodeled and reopened in 2001 without a casino.

4. Fort Crockett - Wikipedia

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   Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area.

5. AOL Travel - Deals, Discounts and Things to Do - AOL.com

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   Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and much more for your daily life from AOL.

6. Jean Lafitte Hotel - Wikipedia

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   The Jean Lafitte Hotel was marketed to business travelers, as were many hotels built in the 1920s in various settlements in Texas. This L-plan building was 10 stories in height, which was set on a base of stone and clad in brown brick.

7. Port of Galveston - Wikipedia

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   Port of Galveston ca. 1845 Loading cotton at Galveston Wharfs & Harbor. During the late 19th century, the port was the busiest on the Gulf Coast and considered to be second busiest in the country, next to the port of New York City. [11] In the 1850s, the port of Galveston exported approximately goods valued almost 20 times what was imported.