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The Texas Centennial Exposition was a world's fair presented from June 6 to November 29, 1936, at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Texas 's independence from Mexico in 1836, it also celebrated Texas and Western American culture.
Fort Worth’s Frontier Centennial of 1936 left out Black history and Black people.
The Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas . The exhibition promoted the city of Dallas as the cultural and economic capital of an emerging Pan-American civilization stretching from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska .
The Hall of State (originally the State of Texas Building) is a building in Dallas's Fair Park that commemorates the history of the U.S. state of Texas and is considered one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the state. It was designed and built for the Texas Centennial Exposition.
1542 – Spanish explorers make camp in an Indian Village named Guasco at current-day Dottie Lynn Pkwy. [1]1838 – Robert Sloan and Nathaniel T. Journey lead an expedition into present-day Euless and Arlington that was recorded as one of the first Anglo-American efforts to open the area to settlement.
Jan. 26, 1951: Texas Gov. Allan Shivers rides with W.R. Watt, right, who was president-manager of the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, in the downtown Fort Worth parade.
Arlington has hosted parades before, but somehow what happened here on Nov. 3, 2023, felt just a bit bigger than the ones held every year for the Fourth of July. By noon, vendors all over the ...
Location of Dallas County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas. There are 35 districts, 113 individual properties, and three former ...