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Oak Cliff was a town located in Dallas County, Texas. According to the 1900 census, the town had a total population of 3,640. It was annexed by the neighboring city of Dallas in 1903, but has retained a distinct neighborhood identity within the city. By the 1980s, Oak Cliff had become the predominant African-American neighborhood in Dallas. Today, many of its residents are poor, and the section of the city has had difficulty keeping up with the fast-paced economy of North Dallas. However, in the early 2000s, SBC built a regional call center in the sparse western portion of the community and a slew of major retailers have set up shop along Interstate 30.
1 Early rise and fall
The community on the south bank of the Trinity River was called Hord's Ridge by its original residents in 1845. In 1887, a pair of land speculators bought all the land of the community with the intent of developing an elite residential and vacation community. The town incorporated in 1890, with a population of 2,470.
The investors quickly built the town's amenities and infrastructure, but the Panic of 1893The Panic of 1893 was a financial crisis that hit the United States upon the concurrence of several events. First, too many people attempted to redeem notes for gold; ultimately the statutory limit for the maximum amount of gold in federal reserves was re erased the prosperity the town had been designed to exploit. As the market for vacation communities disappeared, one of the investors was forced into bankruptcyBankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organisation to pay their creditors. A declared state of bankruptcy can be requested or initiated by the bankrupt individual or organisation, or it can be requested by, and the town's large, exclusive lots were divided into parcels for sale to middle-The middle class (or middle classes comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. In early industrial capitalism the middle class was defined by exclusion of all remaining semi-f and working classThe term working class is used to denote a social class. The definition of the term "working class" is controversial, and depends on the politics and period of the person making the definition and on the society being discussed. For example, pre-war Briti buyers.
Oak Cliff's annexation by neighboring Dallas came in 1903, after three years of unsuccessful attempts by annexation backers. The final voteSee also Election (movie) for the film directed by Alexander Payne For the Theological concept of election, see Predestination An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fill was 201 to 183 in favor.
2 More history
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