Port of Dallas
99% Invisible
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The Trinity River and the Dallas Times Herald
In the early days of Dallas in the 1840s and 1850s, if your goods weren't getting moved on a boat, they were in the back of a wagon getting pulled by a team of oxen. Railroads came to Dallas in 1872, but railroad companies could and did raise their rates whenever they found like it. Dallas leaders wanted river navigation to keep access to the outside world affordable. The few boats that made it to Dallas from the Gulf took nearly a year doing it.
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