"Between the Creeks" Metadata

Title

• Main Title "Between the Creeks"

Creator

• Author: Pettit, Gwen
  Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

• Compiler: Fisher, Lindy
  Contributor Type: Personal
• Donor: Fisher, Melinda
  Contributor Type: Personal

Date

• Creation: 2006-07

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: Compiled transcriptions of newspaper articles written by Gwen Pettit about the local history of Allen, Texas. The articles are organized by topic, including land & prairie, Indians, cattle trails, Republic of Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, churches, schools, Sam Bass, late 1800s, Civil War, early 1900s, holiday stories, founding families, early roads, early Lucas, early Fairview, H&TC Railroad, photos & sketches, poems, and other articles.
• Physical Description: v, 414 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Subject

• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Communications - Newspapers
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Religion - Churches
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - American Indians
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Republic of Texas
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Holidays
• University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Education - Schools
• Keyword: newspaper articles
• Keyword: histories
• Keyword: anecdotes
• Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Abstracts
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Genealogy
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: American newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc.
• Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Local histories

Primary Source

• Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

• Place Name: United States - Texas - Collin County - Allen
• Coverage Date: 1830~/1992~
• Time Period: rep-tex
• Time Period: tex-fron
• Time Period: civ-war
• Time Period: cat-bom
• Time Period: new-sou
• Time Period: mod-tim

Source

• Newspaper: Allen American (Allen, Tex.)
• Newspaper: Allen Leader (Allen, Tex.)

Relation

• Is Referenced By: [Name Index to Gwen Pettit Articles], ark:/67531/metapth752825/

Collection

• Name: Texas History Collection
  Code: THC
• Name: The Allen American
  Code: ALAM

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries
  Code: UNT

Resource Type

• Book

Format

• Text

Identifier

• OCLC: 456305443
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth752794

Note

• Display Note: Page 341 - Exall Memorial Highway (Submitted by patron): The home on Ross Avenue occupied the block between St. Paul and Harwood, the current location of the First United Methodist Church (across the street from the DMA). He did not build the home nor did he own it. His mother-in-law, Sallie Dickson, was the builder and owner. Worth mentioning that Exall was a very low-key "wheeler dealer," who brought capital to Dallas from around the country, including St. Louis (Adolphus Busch) and Philadelphia (Anthony Drexel and others). And these capitalists stuck with Dallas and Exall through very tough times, like the Panic of 1893. They waited to sell the property until 1906, when the proven team of J.S. Armstrong and his sons-in-law were prepared to shape a first-class suburban development on the site. As a close friend of Busch's, Exall played a central role in Busch's investment in the Adolphus Hotel. It has been reported that Busch’s investment in Dallas surpassed his investments in his hometown of St. Louis. In one of his first civic works in Dallas in 1887, Exall helped lift the fledgling State Fair into an on-going operation. His work there was recognized by President Benjamin Harrison who named Exall as a commissioner-at-large to the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where he served on the executive committee. But Exall was one of the most beloved men in Texas when died in December 1913 because of his unselfish work for the Texas Industrial Congress, an organization designed to boost business, especially farming, across the state. Having had a great deal of experience in raising crops to feed his race horses, Exall set out in the last years of his life to pass on his knowledge to help farmers increase their yields and revenue (and to keep young farmers on the farm). He traveled far and wide in Texas to speak to tenant farmers about scientific farming methods and conserving the soil. He wrote many newspaper articles on the subject and widely distributed his pamphlets. In 1911, 1912, and 1913. he organized a crop growing contest that awarded $10,000 in prize money for young farmers whose yields were the highest in the state. In February 1914 at the time of his memorial service, the Dallas Morning News calculated that his efforts had served to nearly triple the yields Texas farmers produced on their cotton and corn crops. Workers in the City of Dallas were asked by the mayor to stop work for one hour during his memorial service. Weeks after his death, 10.4 acres along Live Oak were dedicated as Exall Park. The Exall Memorial Highway was another valiant attempt to recognize his unselfish work on behalf of Texans of every station. G.B. Dealey reflected at his memorial service, "His great heart pleaded for social justice and for a square deal for those not getting it. No one better than he realized that a State or Nation cannot really prosper unless all of its people have a chance for a decent comfortable living and opportunity to progress."