Duncanville, Texas | History and Resources

Before the courthouse square: Blackland Prairie and first settlers (1840s–1850s) Long before highways and warehouses stitched South Dallas County together, the land that would become Lancaster sat on the fertile Blackland Prairie—dark clay soils that […]

I live in Oak Point, Texas, just down the street from Jake’s Place Park.  For more than five years, I have driven by the park almost daily without knowing anything about it. Today, I was […]

Introduction The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area, renowned for its booming economy and sprawling urban landscape, has historically been considered a region of low seismic activity. However, recent events, such as the devastating 7.7 magnitude […]