Mesquite is a city in Dallas county which was established in 1873 when the Texas and Pacific Railway acquired the land, built a depot and offered lots for sale. No one is sure but it is believed that the name Mesquite was taken from an abundant amount of mesquite trees in the area. The town began with a saloon, blacksmith shop, confectionary store, the post office and depot and four homes. In 1887 an election was held which resulted in Mesquite being only the second community to incorporate outside of Dallas proper. As news got around of this new official town, people slowly started to move into the area and new business sprung up. The city was then developed as a residential and industrial centre with many of its residents being employed in Dallas. After 1950 the city started to rapidly expand and is now the twenty-fifth fastest growing city in the United States with a population now of over 150,000, a vast difference from 1950 when residents totaled 1,684. There is something like 65 churches in the area.
Tourist attractions include a (seasonal) weekend rodeo and an annual balloon festival. There are many parks and recreation activities as well as the Devil’s Bowl Speedway. There is also first class medical care and hospitals in the area and new schools, housing subdivisions and industry are quickly usurping farmland for development.
- Pros:Sprawling and slowly becoming interesting
- Cons:No Public Transport
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World Buffet
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It claims to be the 'Best Buffet in Town', well I haven't tried many here but I would say that it wouldn't too far... more travel advice
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One of the small parks in Mesquite with a man-made lake with fishing piers. The park takes up 88.21 acres and aside from... more travel advice
Site of Old Mayor of Mesquites Homestead
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Well this may look like the Saltgrass Steakhouse and of course it is but originally it was the Galloway Farmstead site.... more travel advice
Exhibition Hall
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This hall is used for many exhibition including the popular gun Show. The exhibition hall is located next to Big Town... more travel advice
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Comments (10)
Lovely pictures,..once again an excellent page of Mesquite. Cheers.
I dont know HOW you took it..*wink*...MSD
Amazing pictures and those Ducks are really funny in your climate tips! Keep facsinating us on VT Keewee dear! ;-D
Hello Miss Kee!
Woww.. strange about the body parts buried in seperate graves, huh? So when is Misskeet going to vote for 'wet' ? Looks like Killeen beat it with that one.. lol... Cheers CB!!!
There's so much to see and to do there...Great! Thanks for your tips!
30 cinema screens in one complex, wow thats huge!!!! Glad you mentioned how to pronounce mesquite, I thought it was mes queet a!!!!! Glad you put me right. A wonderful page, such brilliant info and photos.
these Trees are just beautiful..I am glad that I stopped by, I enjoyed the page very much KW but not much vegetarien Food in Mesquite :-((
Greetings from Portugal! Very nice pages you have here! a lot of travelling indeed! good luck and keep it on going!! thank you very much for sharing, bye, Joao
I like to attend that place !
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