Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond historic-texas-map-prints Each empresario was given a

Each empresario was given a specific area or grant and contracted with the government to introduce a certain number of families into his area within 6 years

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Sugar Land

This is one of less than three examples

The El Camino Real connects Louisiana

Dallas Consolidated Traction Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond historic-texas-map-prints Each empresario was given aDallas streetcar service began in 1872. The first cars were pulled by horses and mules through the dusty, muddy and ever expanding city. Streetcars were electrified in 1889 ushering in the golden age of streetcars in Dallas proving a faster and more efficient method of transportation around the booming city. By 1910, over 20 lines traveled throughout Dallas, including neighborhoods like the Cedars, Uptown and East Dallas, in addition to the