Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond historic-texas-map-prints This is one of less

This is one of less than three examples

Photographic vignettes in the top corners show a lively street scene in front of the downtown Houston office of the “Largest Land Dealers in Texas” and their well dressed office staff ready for business inside

Each empresario was given a specific area or grant and contracted with the government to introduce a certain number of families into his area within 6 years

outlines for the first Texas counties as well as wagon roads – including the El Camino Real which ran from Natchitoches

In November

Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond historic-texas-map-prints This is one of lessDallas streetcar service began in 1872. The first cars were pulled by horses and mules through the dusty, muddy and ever expanding city. Streetcars were electrified in 1889 ushering in the golden age of streetcars in Dallas proving a faster and more efficient method of transportation around the booming city. By 1910, over 20 lines traveled throughout Dallas, including neighborhoods like the Cedars, Uptown and East Dallas, in addition to the