The 1938 Richardson High School Eagles Featuring a couple of relatives and my grandfather, Slayter Wyatt Gant. (Back row, fourth from the left) The 1938 team lost to the Buckner Orphan Home in the division championship.

With another celebration of Texas Independence coming up. I’ve been reading through a copy of Texas History Movies. The book is a collection of comic strips telling the history of Texas from Columbus to the Civil War. The first comic was published in 1920 by the Dallas Morning News and from what I understand the collection was used through the 1960’s as a classroom aid in teaching Texas History. Magnolia Petroleum Company (Exxon-Mobil) compiled the […]

Got a chance to visit the Dallas Museum of Art last week to see them rewinding time in Dallas back to the early 1950’s. The exhibit features a series of watercolors showcasing the city as well as several local history lessons. Artist, George Grosz, was commissioned to complete a series of works by Leon Harris, of the then A. Harris department store, for the store’s anniversary. (I learned some more Dallas department store pedigree, via […]

Even though the celebration has been going on all year and last year depending if you count the construction start of White Rock Lake in 1910.   The lake was built because the city was growing so fast and suffering from a major drought and Bachman Lake just couldn’t handle the demand anymore.  September 1, 1911 seems to be the generally accepted date of when the dam was finally completed. September 1, 1911: Daily Dallas Times […]