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The Wilson Building is a historic 8-story building in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas. The building was completed in 1904 and patterned after the Palais Garnier in Paris, France. [2] The historic structure fronts Main Street on the south, Ervay Street on the east, and Elm Street on the north.
Many confirmed grants were reduced in size from that claimed. For example, the Cañon de Chama Grant was reduced from 200,000 to 1,500 acres (800 to 6 km 2). [7] The land of the grants that were rejected, either directly by the court or on appeal through the U. S. Supreme Court, reverted to the public domain of the United States.
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The town that never was. Land sales scheme created by George G. Wright, who constructed a fake city on the property. That, and other Kelso schemes by Wright, failed. [247] Kent: Culberson [248] Kicaster: Wilson: Semi-abandoned Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 100.
Herald Park was the home of the 1889 Houston Mud Cats team that won the Texas League pennant Texas State Historical Marker for the ballpark. On July 2, 1884, a meeting was held in the office J. W. Mitchell that decided to issue 120 shares of stock at $10 each for the purpose of preparing a baseball park. [6]
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
Farm to Market Road 1903 (FM 1903) is located in Hunt County. It runs from SH 34 south of Greenville to FM 36 southeast of Caddo Mills. FM 1903 was designated on December 18, 1951, from SH 34, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Greenville, west 3.4 miles (5.5 km) to a road intersection. On August 20, 1952, the road was extended west 2.2 miles (3.5 km ...
[1] [2] In 1904, the hotel was moved "around the corner" to its present location. [3] In the move, the original chimneys and porch were removed, and the east and west wings were added to the original central structure. [1] A new 300-ft porch was also added to the building, dubbed the "longest front porch in Texas". [1]