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DALLAS, TEXAS

Dallas County Seat, Central Texas North

32�46'33"N 96�47'48"W (32.775833, -96.796667)

I-20, I-30, I-35E, I-45
Hwys 75, 77, 80 & 175

30 miles E of Fort Worth
238 miles N of Houston
192 miles N of Austin
271 miles N of San Antonio
617 miles E of El Paso
Population: 1,304,379 Est. (2020)
1,197,816 (2010) 1,188,580 (2000) 1,006,977 (1990)

Dallas, Texas

Historic Landmarks, Attractions
& Neighborhoods

Dallas History

(From Historical Marker located at City Hall Plaza, Young and Ervay Sts. (facing Young St.) in Dallas )

City of Dallas

Pioneer John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877) settled on the banks of the Trinity River just west of this site in 1841. A town he called Dallas grew up around his cabin. Chosen as county seat four years after the creation of Dallas County in 1846, the City of Dallas was incorporated in 1856, with Dr. Sam B. Pryor serving as first Mayor. Although John Neely Bryan had anticipated that river navigation would lead to growth for the city, it was the arrival of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1872 and the Texas and Pacific Rail Line the following year that helped to establish Dallas as a major commercial center. By 1890, Dallas was the state's most populous city. Wheat and cotton production provided impetus for continued growth. Insurance and banking also contributed to the city's prosperity, and its selection as the site for a regional Federal Reserve Bank in 1914 was an economic milestone. Following the discovery of oil in East Texas in 1930, Dallas banks concentrated on providing financial services for that industry. Noted throughout its history for aggressive civic leaders, Dallas won the right to host the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

Dallas Stories

People

• Literary Dallas, Francis Brannen Vick, editor
  Book review by Dr. Kirk Banes 11-1-23
• Famous Texas Typists by Clay Coppedge
  James Field Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter; and Betty Nesmith Graham, inventor of Liquid Paper.
• Pitchfork Smith by Mike Cox
• Dallas' Long-Haired Judge by Mike Cox
• Bobby Layne's (alleged) curse by Clay Coppedge
• Forgotten founder of Dallas by Clay Coppedge
  Warren Angus Ferris, Pioneer Texas Surveyor and Founder of Dallas County
• The Walking Arsenal by Clay Cappedge
• Sharon Tate: Recollection by Debra Tate, Foreword by Roman Polanski. Book review by Kirk Bane
• Sunday, Nov. 24, 1963 by Mike Cox
• Boy Captive becomes Department Store Draw by Mike Cox
  To attract shoppers to their big downtown store, Sanger Brothers would have on hand for meeting and greeting customers a man who as a youth had been captured by Comanches.
• Linda Darnell by Archie P. McDonald
  The brief but brilliant life of actress Linda Darnell began in Dallas on October 16, 1923...
• Ela Hockaday More Than a School Omarm by Archie P. McDonald
  Founder of the Miss Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas
• The Hat Story by Mike Cox
  When Mrs. Jane Greenwood set out to write her autobiography in 1965, she knew she had to tell the hat story.
• John Hardman by Clint Skinner
  Producer, puppeteer
• The 1893 Pedestrian Journey from Galveston to Chicago by Mike Cox
  History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
• Jack Kilby designs silicon chip
• Bette Nesmith Invented liquid paper in 1956
• Paintings by Picasso removed from Dallas museum
  Aviation Event
• Vin Fiz Flyer by Clay Coppedge
  One of the first great aviation events in Texas
  WWI
• Kaiser Cows - Bovine Saboteurs of WWI by Mike Cox
  At least twice these destroyers of government property succeeded in their designs, grounding two of the Army�s training planes at Love Field in Dallas.
  Miscellaneous
• The Cotton Bowl by Archie P. McDonald
• Dallas Vice by Clay Coppedge
• Why Hasn't Dallas Placed a Historical Marker Here? by Bill Cherry
  There is a historic site in Dallas that isn�t noted on Google, and I couldn�t find any mention of the man who built from scratch what became an iconic and copied men�s barber shop.

Dallas Texas Forum

Commerce St. Bridge - Dallas, May 25, 1908
Postcard courtesy Danny Whatley

Day Trips/Weekend Getaways from Dallas

| Dallas County - Towns & Ghost Towns | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Dallas County - Vintage Maps | | | | | | | Popular Destinations | | | Fort Worth | | | Glen Rose | | | Granbury | | | Grapevine | | | McKinney | | | Waxahachie | | | Weatherford | |

Dallas Tourist Information

• Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau - http://www.dallascvb.com/
  1201 Elm Street, Suite 2000 Dallas, Texas 75270
  Events Hotline: 214-571-1301
  Information Center: 214-571-1300
  Toll Free: 1-800-232-5527
• Dallas Chamber of Commerce - http://www.dallaschamber.org/