1970-1990
After decades of arguing, by December 1968 Dallas and Fort Worth city leaders reached an agreement and ground was broken for the DFW Regional Airport. Work got underway in January 1969. Courtesy of DFW Airport
Seventeen thousand acres of prairie were purchased to build the airport. The unique terminal system is taking shape here. Courtesy of DFW Airport
The land cost $68 million. DFW Airport would ultimately cover more than 29.8 square miles. Courtesy of DFW Airport
When Lake Grapevine was created, a number of families moved their houses from the Denton Creek bottomlands to the Grapevine Prairie. In the 1960s, those families were displaced by the construction of DFW Airport. Courtesy of DFW Airport
An airport marketing photograph, circa 1974. Courtesy of DFW Airport
This plesiosaur skeleton, dated at 70 million years old, was excavated during the early earthmoving for the airport and restored by graduate students at SMU. Courtesy of Tarrant County College District Archives, Fort Worth, Texas
DFW Airport was built on the Grapevine prairie, some of the richest farm land in the state. The airport opened in 1974. Courtesy of DFW Airport
White's Chapel UMC is visible in this aerial photo of the intersection of FM 1709 at White Chapel Blvd. The circa 1970s image shows the church in a grove of trees at the top of the photo. Courtesy WCUMC
White's Chapel UMC historical marker dedication 1971. Courtesy of WCUMC
FM 1709 near Davis Blvd., circa 1970s. SHS archives
FM1709 at Davis Blvd. looking west toward Keller, circa 1970s. SHS archives
FM1709 near Davis Blvd. intersection, circa 1970s. SHS archives
FM1709, circa 1970s. SHS archives
Southlake police accident photo taken at Hwy. 114 and Short Street in the 1970s. Oldtimers remember Short Street as a "short" street that joined Hwy. 114 and FM1709 and, more importantly, where the Dairy Queen was located. Courtesy Bob Steele
Carroll Dragon football tradition began in 1959 with a team fielded by ninth-graders. Pictured here is a player from the 1972 Carroll Dragons. Courtesy CISD
Claude Shivers on the right and Alno Bailey Shivers across from him on the left attending a Carroll School reunion, circa 1980s. Alno and Claude met at the 1919 Carroll School close to 60 years earlier. Courtesy Shivers family
Cloyce Shivers at 1980s Carroll school reunion. Courtesy Shivers family
Southlake mayors 1977-1999. SHS archives
Southlake city hall was built in the 1980s and razed in 2006 to make room for a new DPS facility. Courtesy City of Southlake
U. S. Post Office Southlake branch located on Carroll Avenue. The building still stands and used for a private business. Courtesy of City of Southlake
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The water tower at Dove Road and White Chapel was consructed in 1986, the first of its kind built in the U.S. Pictured here is the water tower that sits in Bicentennial Park. Courtesy of City of Southlake
Old Dragon Stadium, 1981 copy