Fair Park – Dallas, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 32° 46.921 W 096° 45.943
14S E 709251 N 3629330
Coordinates given are for the Parry Ave. walk-in entrance to the park.
Waymark Code: WM124XH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2020
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State Fair of Texas"This location was a merger of two separate private groups: The Texas State Fair and The Dallas Exposition in 1887. In 1904 the City of Dallas bought the property. In 1934, largely through the efforts of civic leader R.L. Thornton, Fair Park was selected as the central exposition site for the proposed Texas Centennial celebration. No state fair was scheduled in 1935, and construction began on a $25 million project that transformed the existing fairgrounds into a masterpiece of art and imagination. The 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition attracted more than 6 million people during its six-month run. A similar but smaller-scaled event, the Pan American Exposition, was presented in 1937.
Living New Deal
"Fair Park was expanded by New Deal agencies WPA, CCC, and PWA in 1936."