From the Vault: I Give You “Totality” — 1878
by Paula Bosse
146 years ago…
by Paula Bosse
You may have heard that DFW is in the “eclipse path” of the historic total solar eclipse that will happen on Monday, April 8, 2024. “Totality” will occur in Dallas at about 1:40 PM and will last approximately 3 minutes and 51 seconds. If you have even a shred of interest in things like this, just know that DFW won’t experience another total solar eclipse until the year 2317. …Just so you know.
Five years ago, I wrote about the previous locally experienced total eclipse, which favored Fort Worth over Dallas (this year, Dallas will experience “totality” for almost 4 minutes, Cowtown will have to do with a mere 2 and a half minutes): “Viewing the 1878 Solar Eclipse in North Texas.” That post has been racking up the hits recently, as interest has grown in this whole eclipse thing. Check it out! Also, check out the links at the bottom of that post, which link to contemporary newspaper accounts of the 19th-century event.
Also, you might want to check out these sites for info on the 2024 eclipse in Texas:
- NASA
- NationalEclipse.com (scroll down for Texas info)
- NationalEclipse.com — see times for all Texas cities in the total-eclipse path
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Sources & Notes
Photo from the Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room, via the Portal to Texas History.
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Flashback : Dallas 
It was a fabulous eclipse. No clouds until minutes AFTER totality!…
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Yes, it was GREAT!!
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Paula, do you know if the pic is from the DFW area?
Yesterday’s eclipse was amazing. I was so happy to spend it with my Mom at her assisted living facility, watching it with all the old-timers (I guess I am old too now), looking up with their eclipse sunglasses. Too cool.
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silvershiloh again, I did log into wordpress!!
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Yes, the photo was taken near Fort Worth on the day of the total eclipse in 1878. If you click the photo, you get to the link of my original post: Viewing the 1878 Solar Eclipse in North Texas | Flashback : Dallas (flashbackdallas.com)
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