From the tips of his size-70 boots to the top of his 75-gallon hat, Big Tex combines old-fashioned cowboy style with Texas-friendly tradition with his...
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The State Fair of Texas began in 1886 with the creation of a planning organization, the Dallas State Fair and Exposition Association. The group of men...
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Now that school is back in session, the time is right to touch on the history of some of the oldest high schools in Dallas. There are currently 41...
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Occasionally threatened by demolition, the historic Roundhouse on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington was built in 1928 to provide...
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Fort Worth oil and cattle baron W. T. Waggoner built a mansion for his daughter Electra on the occasion of her marriage to Albert B. Wharton. The...
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We take the availability of healthcare for granted these days. That doctors must be licensed to practice medicine, that they have undergone...
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It was the pastor of the Tyler Street Methodist Church, Reverent R.F. Bryant, who first voiced the need for a hospital in Oak Cliff in 1920. When the...
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Think back to Jimmy Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Jimmy’s character had a horrific fear of heights. Glancing down from any high...
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