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Dallas County, TX
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Texas History Collection
Beautiful Lake Cliff, clean, cool, delightful: the Southwest's greatest playground; it's in Dallas
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: Booklet detailing the attractions and rides at Lake Cliff, including a Ferris Wheel, 30 acre lake, and water rides such as "Shoot the chutes." Discusses construction of the park and the managing officers.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20992/
Charter, constitution and by-laws, officers and members of Sterling Price Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Camp No. 31: organized, October 13th, 1889, in the city of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1893
Creator: United Confederate Veterans. Texas Division. Sterling Price Camp No. 31.
Description: This book includes the charter, constitution and by-laws of the Sterling Price Camp of the United Confederate Veterans, including a roster of members with their rank and unit affiliations.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20993/
Dallas Police Department
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: This book includes photographs of the Dallas mayor, commissioners, police chief, detectives, mounted police, and other units. Includes a history of the department and biographies of some individuals.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20994/
Dallas, Texas
Date: c. 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: A book featuring a collection of views of Dallas, including: the Old Red Courthouse; a birds eye view of Dallas; the Carnegie Library; Main Street Scene; Post Office; Confederate Monument; City Hall; National Exchange Bank; City National Bank; Titche-Goettinger Co.; Oriental Hotel; Sanger Bros. Building; Columbia School; William B. Travis School; Central High School; City Park; Catholic Cathedral of Sacred Heart; Jewish Temple Emanuel; St. Matthews Cathedral, Episcopal; Methodist Church; St Paul's Sanitarium; Ursuline Convent; St. Mary's College.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20991/
Fresh Ink: Behind the Scenes at a Major Metropolitan Newspaper
Date: 1995
Creator: Gelsanliter, David
Description: This book describes the work done at the Dallas Morning News newspaper office by taking a "behind-the-scenes" approach to discuss story selection, journalistic decisions, staff contributions, and community reactions. Although the text focuses on the week from November 4-10, 1991, it also looks at the history of the Dallas Morning News and major accomplishments of the newspaper.
Contributing Partner: UNT Press
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28329/
Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas ... : containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time ... and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day
Date: 1892
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Description: This book is a biographical view of Dallas, Texas and its history. The book uses many narratives of the individuals who helped shape Dallas history. The book has various content including: biographies of all of the U.S. Presidents; a list of Dallas County pioneers from 1841-1850; an overview of Dallas history; and hundreds of brief biographies, including some illustrations.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/
Parson Hanks---Fourteen Years in the West. A Story of Frontier Life in the Panhandle of Texas.
Date: 1906
Creator: Wallace, Ed. R.
Description: This book describes the life of Methodist preacher named Parson Hanks, including his journeys, courtship and marriage, experiences at conferences, religious service and other frontier experiences.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130182/
Statistics and information concerning the state of Texas: with its millions of acres of unoccupied lands...
Date: 1890
Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company.
Description: This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130184/
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Description: This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61116/
The WPA Dallas Guide and History
Date: 1992
Creator: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of Dallas
Description: This book gives an overview of the city of Dallas, Texas including statistics about the people and businesses as well as background information regarding the government, businesses, and social aspects of the city. The book also gives information about tourism and points of interest in the city and in Dallas County. Index starts on page 421.
Contributing Partner: UNT Press
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28336/