Sally Rodriguez

White Rock Lake (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1909, Dallas city leaders approved the damming of White Rock Creek to create a new water source for the increasing needs of a growing city. As a result, so much of the life and history of Dallas has echoed through the life and history of White Rock Lake. In the early decades, the lake was home to many private summer homes and boat houses, as well as hunting and fishing clubs. Soon thereafter, a bathing beach, sailing clubs, public boathouses, and picnic facilities were added. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration transformed the lake with more recreational and leisure amenities. World War II brought increased military uses that included a POW camp for German officers. Those early city leaders could hardly know that the lake they were creating 10 miles outside of Dallas would become an urban oasis enjoyed by over two million visitors a year.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439639672
• Artikelnr.: 40009539

Autorenporträt

Sally Rodriguez has over 28 years of experience with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and has become the department's historian charged with the promotion of the Park and Recreation Department's historic legacy. The majority of the historic images in this volume come from the collection of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and Dallas Municipal Archives.