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DALLAS, TEXAS
Dallas
County Seat, Central
Texas North
32°46'33"N 96°47'48"W (32.775833, -96.796667)
I-20, I-30, I-35E, I-45
Hwys 75, 77, 80 & 175
30 miles E of Fort Worth
238 miles N of Houston
192 miles N of Austin
271 miles N of San Antonio
617 miles E of El
Paso
Population: 1,304,379 Est. (2020)
1,197,816 (2010) 1,188,580 (2000) 1,006,977 (1990) |
Dallas, Texas
Historic Landmarks, Attractions
& Neighborhoods
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(From Historical
Marker located at City Hall Plaza, Young and Ervay Sts. (facing Young
St.) in Dallas )
City of Dallas
Pioneer John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877) settled on the banks of the
Trinity River just west of this site in 1841. A town he called Dallas
grew up around his cabin. Chosen as county seat four years after the
creation of Dallas County
in 1846, the City of Dallas was incorporated in 1856, with Dr. Sam
B. Pryor serving as first Mayor. Although John Neely Bryan had anticipated
that river navigation would lead to growth for the city, it was the
arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1872 and the
Texas and Pacific Rail Line the following year that helped to establish
Dallas as a major commercial center. By 1890, Dallas was the state's
most populous city. Wheat and cotton production provided impetus for
continued growth. Insurance and banking also contributed to the city's
prosperity, and its selection as the site for a regional Federal Reserve
Bank in 1914 was an economic milestone. Following the discovery
of oil in East Texas
in 1930, Dallas banks concentrated on providing financial services
for that industry. Noted throughout its history for aggressive civic
leaders, Dallas won the right to host the Texas
Centennial Exposition in 1936.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 |
People
Literary
Dallas, Francis Brannen Vick, editor
Book review by Dr. Kirk Banes 11-1-23
Famous
Texas Typists by Clay Coppedge
James Field Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter; and Betty
Nesmith Graham, inventor of Liquid Paper.
Pitchfork
Smith by Mike Cox
Dallas'
Long-Haired Judge by Mike Cox
Bobby
Layne's (alleged) curse by Clay Coppedge
Forgotten
founder of Dallas by Clay Coppedge
Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas
County
The
Walking Arsenal by Clay Cappedge
Sharon
Tate: Recollection by Debra Tate, Foreword by Roman Polanski.
Book review by Kirk Bane
Sunday,
Nov. 24, 1963 by Mike Cox
Boy Captive becomes Department Store Draw by Mike Cox
To attract shoppers to their big downtown store, Sanger Brothers
would have on hand for meeting and greeting customers a man who
as a youth had been captured by Comanches.
Linda
Darnell by Archie P. McDonald
The brief but brilliant life of actress Linda Darnell began in Dallas
on October 16, 1923...
Ela
Hockaday More Than a School Omarm by Archie P. McDonald
Founder of the Miss Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas
The
Hat Story by Mike Cox
When Mrs. Jane Greenwood set out to write her autobiography in 1965,
she knew she had to tell the hat story.
John
Hardman by Clint Skinner
Producer, puppeteer
The
1893 Pedestrian Journey from Galveston to Chicago by Mike Cox
History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
Jack
Kilby designs silicon chip
Bette
Nesmith Invented liquid paper in 1956
Paintings
by Picasso removed from Dallas museum
Aviation Event
Vin
Fiz Flyer by Clay Coppedge
One of the first great aviation events in Texas
WWI
Kaiser
Cows - Bovine Saboteurs of WWI by Mike Cox
At least twice these destroyers of government property succeeded
in their designs, grounding two of the Army’s training planes at
Love Field in Dallas.
Miscellaneous
The
Cotton Bowl by Archie P. McDonald
Dallas
Vice by Clay Coppedge
Why
Hasn't Dallas Placed a Historical Marker Here? by Bill Cherry
There is a historic site in Dallas that isn’t noted on Google, and
I couldn’t find any mention of the man who built from scratch what
became an iconic and copied men’s barber shop.
Dallas Texas Forum
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Commerce St.
Bridge - Dallas, May 25, 1908
Postcard courtesy Danny
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Day Trips/Weekend
Getaways from Dallas
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Dallas Tourist
Information
Dallas Convention
& Visitors Bureau - http://www.dallascvb.com/
1201 Elm Street, Suite 2000 Dallas, Texas 75270
Events Hotline: 214-571-1301
Information Center: 214-571-1300
Toll Free: 1-800-232-5527
Dallas Chamber
of Commerce - http://www.dallaschamber.org/
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