Table of Contents The Big D 4 History Mystery 11 Cool Culture 20 What’s Big in Dallas 26 Timeline 29 Glossary 30 Index 31 Show What You Know 31 Websites to Visit 31 About the Author 32 United States NM OK AR TX LA Dallas Dallas Facts Founded 1841 Land area 340 square miles 880 59 square kilometers Elevation 450-750 feet 137-228 meters above sea level Previous names none Population 1 25 million Average Daytime Temperatures winter 58 7 degrees Fahrenheit 14 7 degrees Celsius spring 76 7 degrees Fahrenheit 24 7 degrees Celsius summer 94 7 degrees Fahrenheit 35 degrees Celsius fall 78 3 degrees Fahrenheit 26 degrees Celsius Ethnic diversity White 28 8 Hispanic or Latino 42 4 African-American 25 Asian 2 9 American Indian or Alaska Native 7 City Nicknames Big D Number of Visitors Annually 22 6 million Dallas Texas
The Big D Are you ready to meet a giant cowboy named Big Tex Eat a fried peanut butter banana cheeseburger Journey into space and travel back in time Then let’s go We’re dropping in on Dallas Texas The Big D is a big city in a big state with a lot to see and do 4
Look at Texas on the map It’s hard to miss Texas is the second biggest state in the United States Only Alaska is bigger Dallas is in North Texas right next to the Trinity River the longest river in the state Trinity means a group of three Dallas was settled where three branches of the river joined into one United States of America Rio Grande River NM Mexico OK Trinity River TX AR LA The border between Texas and Mexico is the Rio Grande River Notes Dallas The Trinity River has had many names Native Americans called it Daycoa and Arkikosa Other it The Three Forks And in 1609 the Spanish named it people called La Santisma Trinidad or the Most Holy Trinity 5
