Plano

Author : Vicki Northcutt
Publisher : HPN Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780965499958

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Plano by Vicki Northcutt Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Campbell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467160339

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Plano by Jeffrey Campbell Pdf

Between 1960 and 1970, Plano, Texas experienced a population increase of 384 percent. Enrollment for new students skyrocketed, and the Plano Independent School District soon needed more schools. Plano became more progressive, African American students at Douglass High moved to newly integrated Plano High School. In both 1965 and 1967, the Plano Wildcats won the State Championship in football. In 1971, the Wildcats won the State Championship again, followed by one more in 1977. Herbert Hunt continued to build North Texas housing divisions, planning a 3,959 acre development which allowed for the rise of residential and commercial interests in Plano. By 1975, Plano's last cotton gin closed its doors. The city completed the transition from small farming community to bustling urban center. By the end of the decade, Plano's population exceeded 72,000 citizens. Plano has experienced periodic growth since its founding, in no small part due to the transportation systems that have carved their way through the city. Native American trails, stage coach lines, railways, and highways have intersected this area to support heavy expansion and make Plano what it is today. Plano has transformed from a rural, predominately white community to a diverse international city. In fact more than 25% of Plano residents were born outside of the United States.

Author : Will Arbery
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573708381

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Plano by Will Arbery Pdf

Isabel's got pains. Anne's got slugs. And Genevieve doesnt want to talk about hers. She just wants you to eat the damn hummus (she made it!). Let's talk about family nightmares. We mean, uh, memories.

Author : Kristy Lawrie Gravlin,Anne Sears,Jeanne Valentine,Plano Community Library District
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738594040

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Plano by Kristy Lawrie Gravlin,Anne Sears,Jeanne Valentine,Plano Community Library District Pdf

Plano's founders, Marcus Steward and John F. Hollister, along with their families, settled in Kendall County in 1838. Hollister selected the town's name from the Latin planus, signifying "flat" or "plane." With the invention of the first successful harvester in 1861, Plano earned the title of "Birthplace of the Harvester" and established the town as a leading manufacturer of farm implements. It continued to attract a variety of factories, most notably Plano Molding Company, creator of the first plastic tackle boxes. Under the leadership of Joseph Smith III, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints established its national headquarters in Plano. Its original "stone church" is a landmark, as is the world-famous Farnsworth House, designed by influential architect Mies Van Der Rohe.

Author : Nancy McCulloch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-28
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439627921

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Plano by Nancy McCulloch Pdf

The history of Plano, Texas is as rich as the soil that attracted early settlers to the area in the mid to late 1800s. Vividly portrayed here in over 200 images, author Nancy McCulloch recreates for the reader the remarkable history of this forward-thinking town. A large number of residents from Kentucky and Tennessee were attracted to the rich black soil and farming prospects of this part of Peters Colony. Sam Houston, as a former governor of Tennessee, enticed families from these states to travel to the Plano area and seek out a new and better way of life. From 1870 to 1886, Plano’s population expanded tenfold. As early as the late 1800s the community developed a reputation for progressive thinking and beautiful homes.

Author : Janice Craze Cline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738579023

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Historic Downtown Plano by Janice Craze Cline Pdf

Historic Downtown Plano focuses on the city's main mercantile area of Mechanic (Fifteenth Street) and Main (K Avenue) and the surrounding heritage districts of Haggard Park, Old Towne, and the Douglass Community. Incorporated in 1873, downtown Plano has endured at least five major fires, the Great Depression, closure of the interurban railway, and retail and corporate development to the west of the area. In recent years, downtown Plano has benefited from ongoing redevelopment and revitalization as an urban transit village with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail train service to the area--taking us back to those days of old.

Author : Mary Jacobs
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439665206

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Haunted Plano, Texas by Mary Jacobs Pdf

From goat men to witch ladies and spooky little girls, dive into the haunted history of Plano, Texas. Plano's old homes and businesses are rife with haunted history. Explore eerie urban legends like the Goat Man, the Clown Threat, and Ranch 111, where devil worshipers performed their rituals. The Evaporating Apparition spooked the staff at the Art Centre Theatre, while the grumpy spirit of an old rancher stalks the Masonic Lodge. Some specters are harmless, such as the Giggling Ghost, a little girl in the Cox Building with a penchant for peanut butter and pranks. Other figures own a more sinister reputation. The Witch Lady of Plano was feared by city youth and monitored by the FBI. Mary Jacobs examines the ghostly fallout of Plano's darkest moments, from the smallpox epidemic to the gruesome Muncey family murders.

Author : Mary Jacobs, Jeff Campbell and Cheryl Smith with The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142946

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Hidden History of Plano by Mary Jacobs, Jeff Campbell and Cheryl Smith with The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation Pdf

Did you know that Plano once had a winning semipro baseball team? And its own university, boasting a pagoda imported from Malaysia? Or that the city once proudly proclaimed itself the "Mule Capital of the World"? Meet the Native American Planoite who walked in space, the African American entrepreneur who prospered in Jim Crow Texas and the man behind the "mystery stone" uncovered in the Collinwood House. Visit a military tank, a five-hundred-year-old tree and the pioneer cemetery started by a smallpox epidemic. From the town's contributions to World War II to the secrets lurking beneath Collin Creek Mall, unlock the astonishingly large storehouse of Plano's hidden history.

Author : The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781625850232

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Football and Integration in Plano, Texas by The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. Pdf

The year 1964 was momentous for civil rights as Congress passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment and Texas's own Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plan for the Great Society. That same year, the Plano school district integrated, setting an example for the state and nation. The tightknit community banded together through a language fluent to everyone--football. The Wildcats had few winning seasons and no state titles at that time, but with hard work and a trailblazing spirit, coaches Tom Gray and John Clark led the integrated team all the way to state championship victory in 1965. The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. presents the inspiring story of the Wildcat fight for the title that made Plano a better place to live.

Author : James Sharp
Publisher : Wexford House Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780982643327

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The 2011 Plano North Dallas Real Estate Guide by James Sharp Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738571369

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Plano and the Interurban Railway by Anonim Pdf

Over a century ago, an industrial America was awakening, and a new transportation technology arrived on the north Texas prairie: electric interurbans. Planos Interurban Railway depot was dedicated in July 1908, and electric interurban rail travel began with the creation of the Texas Traction Company. In 1917, three separate systems were connected by a single entrepreneur, J. F. Strickland. Throughout the 1920s, the Texas Electric Railway traveled in and out of Plano carrying riders, mail, and freight. The system was built to travel on existing streetcar tracks and often ran over private rights-of-way between cities. To promote interurban travel, the company created unique cars and special classes of service to appeal to every need. In the postWorld War II era, however, the popularity of automobiles ended the important era of electric interurban travel.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001364335

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Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Kendall County (Ill.)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU01651218

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Biographical Directory of the Voters and Tax-payers of Kendall County, Illinois by Anonim Pdf

Author : Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1082 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Public libraries
ISBN : UCAL:$C37060

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The Catalogue of the Public Library of Victoria by Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.) Pdf

Author : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X000568084

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Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, 1945-50 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Pdf