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Title |
TER Passenger Motor 314 at Lisbon Siding |
Date |
1948, August 13 |
Description |
Texas Electric Railway Passenger Motor 314 [Train 231] at Lisbon Siding on the way to Lancaster. It appears that the car might be going slowly in anticipation of a stop since passengers are standing in the front section. Lisbon was at the intersection of Lancaster and Ann Arbor roads, six miles south of downtown Dallas in south central Dallas County. Though settlers lived in the Lisbon area beginning in the 1840s, the developing community only became known as Lisbon in 1870, when it received a post office. Around 1870 the intersection of Lancaster and Ann Arbor roads, which were then wagon roads, became the community's business district. A building to be used as a church and school was built, and a cemetery was established. Lisbon was the first stagecoach stop out of Dallas toward Central Texas. The town grew slowly and by 1885 had a population of fifty -- by 1890 it reported a population of eighty -- its population was 150 in 1896. Lisbon shipped much cotton by wagon to Dallas on Lancaster Road, a one-day round trip. In 1913 suburban developers began breaking up farms, laying out streets, and planning utilities for housing developments in the Lisbon area. Interurban trains provided transportation to and from Dallas. The plat for Bellevue, the first large development in the Lisbon area, was filed on October 16, 1913, by Royal A. Ferris, president of the Lisbon Realty Company. In 1914 the second of the largest additions, Glendale Acres, was platted. On September 20, 1920, Lisbon and Bellevue were incorporated as the town of Lisbon. See: Map 3, 8 |
Place |
Lisbon, TX |
Photographer |
Desnoyers, Thomas Hollister |
Search Terms |
Car 314 Dallas County Lisbon Siding Map 3 Map 8 Passenger Motor 314 Train 231 |
Collection |
Krambles-Peterson Collection |
Copyright |
Krambles-Peterson Archives, Chicago, IL. Copyright reserved. |
Catalog Number |
CP.2022.CL.20-207 |