A 1957 booklet, "You and the Trinity," supports the construction of a barge canal all the way from Dallas to the Gulf of Mexico. City leaders in Dallas had long dreamed of engineering the 500-mile stretch of river into a barge canal to make the city an inland port. But Dallas voters rejected the idea in 1973. (Courtesy of Dallas/Texas Historical Archives, Dallas Public Library)

In Dallas, a Fight Over the Land Between the Levees

A 1957 booklet, "You and the Trinity," supports the construction of a barge canal all the way from Dallas to the Gulf of Mexico. City leaders in Dallas had long dreamed of engineering the 500-mile stretch of river into a barge canal to make the city an inland port. But Dallas voters rejected the idea in 1973.

Credit: Courtesy of Dallas/Texas Historical Archives, Dallas Public Library