The river that fooled everyone
The great railroad heist
Financing the oil boom
The airport built on a truce
Which steamboat famously sank on its return journey after taking five months to reach Dallas in 1868?
What was the main commercial crop early Dallas settlers hoped to ship down the Trinity River?
gertrude An 1893 steamboat expedition took over a year to travel from Galveston to Dallas, proving the river was unnavigable.
Which body of water did early Dallas settlers hope to reach via the Trinity River?
What major engineering project did Dallas undertake to protect the city after the 1908 flood?
gertrude The Trinity River
A year and four days / to steam to Dallas / through the snags and mud
gertrude A historic flood in 1908 forced Dallas to completely redesign its landscape and move the unruly Trinity River.
What was the record height of the Trinity River during the devastating Dallas flood of May 1908?
Unlike Houston or Chicago, what key natural feature did early Dallas completely lack?
Trinity River navigation: In 1868, a steamboat called Job Boat took five months to reach Dallas, only to sink on its return journey.
Who founded the trading post on the Trinity River that eventually became Dallas in 1841?
A major river in Texas that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Following a catastrophic 1908 flood, Dallas channelized this winding waterway behind massive concrete levees.