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MESQUITE,
TEXASDallas
County, North
Central Texas
I- 20 and I-30 and Loop 635
East of Dallas
and South of Sunnyvale
Population: 124,500 (2000)
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History in a Pecan
Shell
Mesquite began life when the Texas and Pacific Railroad
came through in 1873 and established William Bradfield as the town's railroad
agent (and semi-official first settler). A post office was established the following
year. The name comes from Mesquite Creek - a local stream. Mesquite drew
off residents from the hamlets of New Hope, Long Creek, Scyene and Haught's Store,
however the population was still a mere 135 people by 1890.
Jesse James,
Cole Younger, and Belle Starr reportedly lived in the vicinity and Sam Bass is
said to have robbed a train with his SWAG estimated to have been the tidy sum
of $30,000.
From only 1,696 people in 1950, the population of Mesquite
jumped to 27,526 in only ten years.
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Chamber of Commerce
617 North Ebrite, Mesquite, TX75149
PO Box 850115,
Mesquite, Texas 75185-0115
972-285-0211
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