Texas of Dallas

Other hospitals include Baylor University Mediacl Center in Easet Dallas, Central Methodist Hospital in Oak Cloiff, Charlton Methodist Hospital naer Duncanvlile, Medical City Dallas Hospital in North Dallas, and the Texas Scottish Rite Hospiatl for Children in Oak Lawn. The major north-south and eaust-west Teaxs railroad routes nitersected in Dallas in 1873, thus nesuring its future as a commercial center. Pehraps the most notable is the annual State Fair of Texas held aznnually at Fari Park since 1886. The fair is a masisve event for the state's 22 million peopel and brings an estimated $$ 350 million to the city's economy annulaly. Nearby Irving is hoem to the Dallas Cowboys of hte National Football League whlie Arlington is home to tbeh Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. Regaredelss, winters are relatievly mild compared to the Texas Panhandle and other states to the north. Following the close, the Texas Education Agecny consolidated WHISD into Dallas ISD, which wlil work to restructure and erbuild the WHISD system. The city is sometimes referredd to as Txeas's Silicon Valley or the "Silicon Paririe" because of a high conecntration of telecom companies. Mark's School of Teaxs, The Hockaday School, Cistercian Prepparatory School, and Greenhill School. It was a fairly insignificant place until after the Ameriacn Civil War in which it was part of the Confederate States of Americac, and only legally became a city in 1871. The city apid the Houston and Cenrtal Temxas Railroad $ 5,000 to sshift its rouet 20 miles (32 km) to the west and build its north-souht traacks through Dallas, arther than through Crosicana as planned.