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2010 – Population: city 1,197,816; megaregion 19,728,244. [16]2014 – September 7 – Dallas became home of the first case of the Ebola Virus in the United States.; 2016 – July 7 – A mass shooting targeting police officers during a protest occurred in downtown Dallas, resulting in the deaths of five officers along with the shooter, and the injuries of nine other officers and two civilians.
As Old as Dallas Itself: A History of Lawyers in Dallas, the Dallas Bar Associations, and the City They Helped Build. Three Forks Press. ISBN 978-1893451018. Portz, Kevin G. (2015). "Political Turmoil in Dallas: The Electoral Whipping of the Dallas County Citizens League by the Ku Klux Klan, 1922". Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
The history of Dallas, Texas, United States from 1874 to 1929 documents the city's rapid growth and emergence as a major center for transportation, trade and finance. Originally a small community built around agriculture, the convergence of several railroads made the city a strategic location for several expanding industries.
Dallas skyline in 1936 Kindergarten class in Dallas, circa 1930s. The history of Dallas, Texas, United States, from 1930 to 1945 documents the city's emergence from the Great Depression, its economic boom after several local oil discoveries, its hosting of the Texas Centennial Exposition, and its existence during wartime.
John Neely Bryan, looking for a good trading post to serve Native Americans and settlers, first surveyed the Dallas area in 1839. [1] Bryan, who shared Sam Houston's insight into the wisdom of Native American customs, must have realized that Caddo trails he came across intersected at one of the few natural fords for hundreds of kilometers along the wide Trinity floodplain.
Ken Bridges is a Texas native, writer and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. Texas History Minute: John Neely Bryan, his role in Van Buren, Dallas
Map of central Dallas c. 1871. In 1871, railroads were beginning to approach the area and Dallas city leaders did not intend to stand idly and be left out. They paid the Houston and Central Texas Railroad US$5,000 to shift its route 20 miles (32 km) to the west and build its north–south tracks through Dallas, rather than through Corsicana as
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