1958 Map of White Rock Lake

About this map

White Rock Lake serves as the focal point of this Eastern Dallas landscape, which captures a period of intense post-war suburban transformation. While the northwestern portions around the lake and Lakewood Country Club reflect established residential patterns, the purple-tinted revisions indicate the rapid eastward march of the city toward Mesquite and Garland. Notable institutional presence is found at the Buckner Orphans Home and numerous local schools like Adams High Sch and Reilly Sch, which speak to the area's mid-century population boom. Transportation networks define the region's development, from the veteran corridors of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and Texas and Pacific Railroad to the newer Veterans World War II Memorial Highway. Infrastructure such as the Slack Pumping Plant and the Garland Airport reflect the utility and aviation history of this Dallas-area quadrangle.