List
of Transcribed
Wm. Adair Columns
Matchmakers and Bachelors Found Marriage Aid
Societies Quickened Pulse in Early Days
OLD LANDMARK IS BEING DEMOLISHED; HISTORY OF
CITY'S
EARLIEST "WHITE WAY" RECALLED BY RAZING OF BUILDING
HOLDUPS RECALL SAM BASS GANG; NEW AND OLD
METHODS OF BANDITRY IN THIS SECTION ARE COMPARED
When Lots and Lumber Were Cheap; Old Pleasure
Garden
at Head of Stone Street -- Adventure of Roxy Clements;
Kerosene Lamps Were Used as Illuminants in Homes and
Stores -- When Dallasites Had Never Heard of Things
Now Considered Essential to Life and Comfort
The Old Dallas & Wichita Railroad
DALLAS SUPPRESSED GAMBLING LONG BEFORE SEVERAL
OF THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES UNDERTOOK TO DO SO: Town
Had Adobe Houses in Some Places on Prominent Streets --
Old-Timer Tells of Early Days in Hustling Frontier Town in
Which He Delivered Newspaper
FELT THE "RABBIT RISIN' " IN HIM ---
Experiences of Some
Old-Time Dallas Police Officers: The Woman Who Found
the Chickens That Had Been Stolen
Dallas' First "Opera House" Opened in 1873 --
Father of B. F.
Sala Built Playhouses in Texas From Galveston to Dallas --
Knew Old Families and Had Thrilling Meetings With Noted
Bandits of Early Days -- Dallas Fire Department Gave Lively
Exhibition With Old Hand Pump
Forty-Six Years Ago in Dallas
DALLAS ONCE LIKE MOVIE TOWN
WONDERED, WHEN HE CAME
TO DALLAS AND SAW THINGS
When Dallas Was a Crude, Big Town
Early Dallas Hotels
ELM STREET ONCE TRAIL IN BRUSH; W. M. McCOMMAS
TELLS OF EARLY DAYS IN VILLAGE OF DALLAS; DURING
INDIAN DAYS; Red Men Had Surrendered Country East
of River, but They Claimed Territory West
EMIL FRETZ TELLS OF EARLY DALLAS; CAME TO TOWN
DEC. 3, 1870, WITH 26 MEMBERS OF SWISS COLONY;
MANY SORRY SHACKS; First Impression of Texas in
Pioneer Days Was That of Plenty of Room
EARLY DAY CHANCES IN DALLAS RELATED; M. W.
SAMUELS
REFUSED OPPORTUNITIES TO GET IN "ON THE GROUND
FLOOR."; NIGHT WITH SAM BASS: Outlaw Band Unwelcome
Guests of Dallas Business Men in Denton County
Dallas Called Texas Wonder 50 Years Ago; Wood
H.
Ramsey Soon to Round Out His Half Century Here: They
Lived High Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chicken and Bear Meat Food
Tells Story of Dallas in Saloon Days; "Green
Tree" Was
Long Famous for Fine Beer.; This City in 1876; Held
Church in Dance Hall -- The Old Toll Bridge
Garland
Born of Bitter Fight of Early Days; Duck Creek
and Embree Had Acrimonious Feud in '80s; Old-Timers
Scarce; Few of Pioneer Doctors and Lawyers Left in Dallas
COMMUNIST COLONY ONCE FAILED HERE; A. W.
Capy, Born
in Dallas in 1863, Tells Their Story; Good as Citizens Most
of Population Then Was Killing Indians and Hunting
Saw Herds of Stock Driven Through City;
Longhorns
Stampeded and Lives of Citizens Were Endangered;
French Colonists Reunion Was Settled in May, 1856,
Close to Cement City
First Store in County Was at Pleasant Run; C.
C. Parks,
Born Near Lancaster, Tells of Early Dallas Days; Gun
Plant There -- French Colonist Made Firearms for
Confederate Army
Collects $89, Mother Thinks He is Robber;
Old-Timer
Tells of Experience as Newsboy in Dallas; Got Here in
1883; Albert J. Toole Had Interesting Experiences in
"Old Days"
Beer Had Hard Row to Hoe in Early Dallas;
Came in
With Railroads, but Whisky Had Inside Track on It; Old
Farming Days; George P. Jackson Tells of Early Settlers in
Old-Time Texas
Mesquite Trip To Dallas Real Journey in '60s;
Two Days
Were Needed to Come Here and Return by Oxen; Farms
Were Scarce; Cattle Raising Only Industry When W. W.
Smith Arrived
Ferry Turned To Toll Bridge At Low Water;
Charge to
Cross Trinity Was Same Under Either Plan; How City
Started; French Town Residents Didn't like Long Trip
to Distillery
Blue Norther Not Bad Now, Cullom Avers.: John
H. Cullom
Tells of Early Day Rain Which Came Horizontal. Here
for
52 Years; Towns of Duck Creek and Embree Combined to
Form Garland
Elm Once in Pair of Towns At Same Time; Sam
Dysterbach
Tells of When Street Only Dirt Road. Many Belt Lines;
Growth of Small Store Sketched by Early Dallas Merchant
Breckenridge Once Village in Dallas County;
J. W. Bone
Resided Near Flourishing Community on Floyd Farm;
Fists and Musician Settle Differences on His Ability to
Play Notes by Ear
Roads to Dallas Also Highways'
Problem in Early Days of State
Carried Mail Across Muddy Fields
Where Skyscrapers Now Rise
Old French Settlement Near Dallas
Had Many Splendid Citizens
WINE USED TO PUT OUT FIRE IN 'OLD DAYS'; Leak
in Cistern, So Volunteer Department Raided Saloon/MARDI
GRAS FETE; Crowds Came to Dallas When Celebrations
Were On in '70s
WOMAN SAW DALLAS BURN BACK IN 1860; Mrs.
Martin Came to Texas in Carriage in Previous Year.;
OLD TIMES IN SOUTH; No Stoves, No Lamps; None of
Modern Day Necessities
VISITOR TO DALLAS 63 YEARS AGO RECOUNTS
REMINISCENCES OF MUDDY VILLAGE ON TRINITY
Dallas Man Tells of Indian Fights; Henry C.
Clark's
Father Fought With Captain John B. Denton; Came to
Town in 1856; Early Farmers Around Dallas Restricted
Their Crops to Wheat
Born in Dallas 77 Years Ago, and Still Here;
John D.
Beard's Father Was Second Sheriff of This County; Not
Much of Town; Courthouse, Jail, Store and Saloon About
All Buildings
Advance of City Shown by Hotels; Are
a Sure
Barometer of Expansion, Says Dave McCord
Dallas Was an Island in 1866; Reported
Several Drowned
on What Are Now Business Streets of City; Reconstruction
Days. How the Old Song, "Dixie," Was Taboo. Hunting in
What Is Now Manufacturing District of City -- Law and
Order Was Maintained -- Few Men Had the Nerve to
Start Anything -- Every Grown Man "Toted a Gun"
Great Road of Republic of Texas, Started
From Cabin of John Neely Bryan
Dallas in '40s Described by A. H. Ellett;
Wooden Bridge
Crossed Dallas Branch on Commerce Street; Built First
Mill; Pioneer Merchants
Had Store When the City Burned
in 1860
Explored Texas With Indian Guide
(Interview of John Neely Bryan, Jr.)
Dallas Experienced Booms and Slumps
During Early Railroad Building Days
For 84 Years Scott Beeman Has Lived Here;
Daddy of 'Em All, He Came to Dallas in June,
1841; Oldest Inhabitant; Lived in Blockhouse,
the Only One Ever Built in City
Straw Put on Early Street Car Floors;
Hugo Arons Tells When Dallas Had 8,000
Population; Saloons Plentiful; Sale of Land
on Elm for $20,000 Was Talk of Entire Town
WOMAN CHOSE NAME OF CITY OF DALLAS; STARTED
WHEN JOHN NEELY BRYAN BUILT CABIN ON BANK OF
RIVER; WAS FIRST EXPLORER; Mrs. Martha Gilbert,
Wife of Pioneer, Won Prize for Picking Name for Town
J. H. Yeargan Relates
Early Dallas History In 1854;
He Lived in Log Cabin With Indians as Neighbors;
Tells of 1860 Fire; Land Was Cheap in Days
When Farms Covered Present City
Early Editor Tells of Trek To Duck Creek;
Thriving Village Site Near Present Town of
Garland; Indians Harmless; E. B. Basye Gives
Data on Frontier Times Around Dallas
Bois d'Arc Seed Market Glutted By Early
Texans;
Sam H. Bell Tells About How Pioneers Solved
Many Problems
Street Gas Lamp Brought Cheering From Third
Ward;
Early-Day Illumination and Dallas' First Elevator Recalled
Earliest Days In Dallas Recalled; Visit Of
"Senior Son"
Here Calls To Mind History of Old Settlements
War-Time Paper Quit With Print
And Ink Supply; Pioneer Publisher's
Son Tells About Troubles in Dallas of Old
Forgotten Town Of Breckenridge
Near Richardson; Poorville and Witt's
Mill Also Once on Dallas County Map
REMEMBERS DALLAS AS COUNTRY TOWN;
ALBERT K. HURST DESCRIBES CITY AS
IT LOOKED IN 1877; LOOKED FOR INDIANS;
Trains of Wagons Brought Buffalo Meat
From West -- Business in Early Days
Firemen Go to Circus, Dallas Church Burns;
Not Recently, No, It Was Back in the Early
Seventies; Pat Phelan Talks; Waterworks
Expert for Many Years Tells of Old Days
Living Cheap During Lowest Business Ebb;
Workers in Dallas Saw Hope in Lotteries
in Early '80s; City Thought Dead; Simon Loeb
Describes How Progress Came With News and Fair
Early Postoffice War Resulted in Town
of Garland; Duck Creek and Embree
Agreed to Merge as That Place
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