Every fall, millions of visitors enter Fair Park looking for familiar Texas traditions: corny dogs, football, livestock, midway rides and, of course, a friendly greeting from Big Tex.But the State Fair of Texas existed long before Big Tex raised his hand and said, “Howdy, folks!” Its story stretches back to the nineteenth century, when Dallas […]
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Texas Lottery: The Games, the Winners, the Scratch-Offs—and the Night My Lottery Pool Thought I Was a Genius There is something uniquely Texan about walking into a neighborhood convenience store, buying a cold drink, and noticing the bright lottery display beside the register. Maybe the Lotto Texas jackpot has climbed into the tens of millions.
The History of DeSoto, Texas: From a Country Crossroads to a Growing DFW City Just a few miles south of Dallas stands DeSoto, Texas—a community with roots reaching back to the earliest years of statehood. Today, DeSoto is a busy Dallas–Fort Worth suburb with modern neighborhoods, schools, parks, businesses and more than 58,000 residents. Its
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Have you ever wondered whether someone, somewhere, might be holding money that belongs to you? It may sound unlikely, but thousands of Texans have money waiting to be claimed. It could be a small refund that was mailed to an old address, an insurance payment you never received, or even funds belonging to a deceased
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Today, Joe Pool Lake is one of the most popular outdoor destinations in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Families visit its parks, boaters cross its open water, and anglers fish around submerged trees, old roadbeds, bridges, and stock ponds. However, Joe Pool Lake is not a natural lake. It is a reservoir created by damming Mountain
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