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Friday, 03 September 2010

Promoting the preservation, understanding and appreciation of Southlake history

 

Welcome to Texas

 Do you know:

 

-- Southlake Boulevard once had 26 90-degree turns?

 

 -- That what is thought to be the first integrated cafe in Texas

  

 was right here in Southlake? 

 

  -- Where to find the first Dragon football field?

 

-- That just in time for football season, you and your family

 

 can learn the history of Dragon football

 

from Coach Ledbetter and Coach Dodge?  

 

You'll also see exciting footage of early Dragon football teams. 

 

 Just check out the DVD from the Southlake Library

 

 (look in the local history section, near the magazines).  

 

 

-- That the Southlake Historical Society is working to save

 

the most historically significant building in Southlake,

 

the 1919 schoolhouse that formed the foundation for Carroll ISD?

 

-- That we came this close (   ) to being named Bludworth ISD?

 

-- That wagon trains once camped where you shop and get coffee?

 

 -- That there once was a one-room school where

  

Safety Town will be?

 

 -- When you're at Sonic, you're near an old baptizing hole?

 

 -- That logs in the log house were cut about the time of Lincoln?

 

 

 

   

 Find out more by taking a tour

 

 of Southlake historical sites.

  

 

 Click on "History Tour," at right.

 

 

  

Also, read the fascinating story

  

of Southlake and its

 

place in Texas history

 

in the picture and history book

 

Images of America: Southlake.

 

PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT!!

 

 

BUY A BOOK FOR YOUR FAMILY

 

PLUS BOOKS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

 

MAKES A UNIQUE HOSTESS GIFT

 

OR A GREAT SUMMER VACATION READ!

 

THIS KEEPSAKE BOOK COSTS ONLY $21.99 PLUS TAX.
All proceeds benefit the Southlake Historical Society.

 

 

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CLICK TO

ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW

SEE THE BUTTON AT TOP RIGHT TO READ MORE ABOUT THE BOOK.

 

 

WHAT THE SOUTHLAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS DOING:

 

* We continue to work to save the 1919 Carroll School, the birthplace
of the Dragons AND our city. See "This Place Matters" at right.
Help us spread the word to every Dragon fan
about how important this
historic schoolhouse is to our community!

 

* Signage for the log house is in the works. Watch for it by summer.

 

 

 

 

 

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