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The 1950s Texas drought was a period between 1949 and 1957 in which the state received 30 to 50% less rain than normal, while temperatures rose above average. During this time, Texans experienced the second-, third-, and eighth-driest single years ever in the state – 1956, 1954, and 1951, respectively. [ 1 ]
1950s Texas drought; L. List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959 This page was last edited on 30 June 2024, at 10:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
His excesses made him an unwilling national celebrity during the 1940s and 1950s as the media became enamored with tales of Texas oil wealth. [ 131 ] Jim West Jr. was the heir to the fortune of Jim West Sr., an early Houston businessman who helped shape the city and the state before the boom and during the early years of the boom. [ 132 ]
During the 1950s and 1960s, Dallas became the nation's third-largest technology center, with the growth of such companies as Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV Corporation) and Texas Instruments. In 1957, developers Trammell Crow and John M. Stemmons opened a Home Furnishings Mart, designed by Donald H. Speck, that grew into the Dallas Market Center , the ...
Keller is home to nearly 50,000 people today, but it used to be a much quieter farming community back in the day. Here are some shots of Keller’s people and places from the 1920s to the 1950s ...
Check out what life was like in North Texas town of Weatherford, the Parker County seat since the mid-1800s. ... Keller, Texas, during the 1920s-1950s. Greater Fort Worth International Airport ...
New Mathematics or New Math was a dramatic but temporary change in the way mathematics was taught in American grade schools, and to a lesser extent in European countries and elsewhere, during the 1950s–1970s.
Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. On March 21, 2022, a tornado tore through Round Rock ...