Oak Cliff Then and Now: Dallas History Written on the Other Side of the River From a nineteenth-century resort dream and an independent town to the Texas Theatre, the JFK story, Bishop Arts and a new generation of destination restaurants, Oak Cliff has always been more than a Dallas neighborhood. By DFW Blogger | Updated […]
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From streetcars and interurbans to DART light rail, TEXRail, the A-train and the Trinity Railway Express, North Texas has built an impressive—but still incomplete—public transportation network. When most people think about transportation in Dallas-Fort Worth, they picture highways: Interstate 35, Interstate 30, Central Expressway, LBJ Freeway, the George Bush Turnpike and a seemingly endless collection
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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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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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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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The Police Dog That Never Was A funny true story recalled by John Fite John Fite, recalls a true story—or at least a story that became less true every time five-year-old little Johnny opened his mouth. The year was 1959, and I had just turned five years old. Back then, a five-year-old could announce, “I’m
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The History of Southlake, Texas: From Rural Crossroads to a Signature North Texas Suburb Southlake, Texas sits in the heart of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, close enough to feel the region’s economic pulse but distinct enough to have built a strong identity of its own. Today it’s widely known for high-performing schools, upscale neighborhoods, and
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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 drew farmers in the Republic of Texas era. The first permanent Anglo-American settlement associated with Lancaster dates to September 1844,
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