Mesquite Travel Guide

 1 Review  City Lake Park is one of the many parks and lakes in the Mesquite area. It was dedicated in September 1978 and funded by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. Facilities include, a swimming pool, picnic pavilion, 0.48-mile hike and bike trail, tennis court and lighted little league baseball field. 

 2 Reviews  The Mesquite Rodeo is an extraordinary event that everyone should see. It is full of action and the rodeo clowns are a lot of fun. If you love cowboys, horses, excitement and rodeo clowns the Mesquite Rodeo will fit the bill. Even the little tykes get to have their fun with a petting zoo and little... 

 2 Reviews  Motley Cemetery is on the grounds of Eastfield College. Zachariah and Mary Motley arrived in Mesquite by wagon train from Kentucky in 1856 with their family. They were one of a few families who brought slaves with them. They settled on what is now Eastfield College. The cemetery is listed on the... 

 1 Review  Mesquite Town Square was the centre of Mesquite's beginings back in the 1900's with a handful of businesses, the first being the Interurban Depot in 1923. The stores originally faced the railroad tracks but as the town grew, they changed their openings to face the square. In all honesty, you could... 

 1 Review  The Double D Ranch has been in operation since 1987 and specializes in organizing events for groups. The ranch is set on 70 acres with a 6 acre lake – lots of wide open spaces. They offer trail rides, hayrides, horseshoe pitching, volleyball, softball, miniature golf, paddle boats, playgrounds, pony... 

 1 Review  One of the small parks in Mesquite with a man-made lake with fishing piers. The park takes up 88.21 acres and aside from the lake there is a picnic pavilion with picnic tables. On Pioneer Road side of the park is an athletic complex with 4 lighted baseball fields, 3 football fields and restroom... 

 1 Review  This little park was established to celebrate 100 years of excellence in education in Mesquite. There are three bronze statues in the park depicting children reading. Centennial Park has a brick walkway which shows individual names of members of the Mesquite community who purchased bricks in the... 

 1 Review  There are two pools – right opposite City Lake Park. The pools are closed over the winter months and reopen again in May. There are fountains and playslides. A fun cooling off place in the hot Texas summers for adults and kids . 

 1 Review  The Mesquite Championship Rodeo was established in 1958 as an experiment in ongoing rodeo and has gone on to become a world class attraction. With 250,000 attendances annually to live performances, television coverage has expanded world wide and now attracts one hundred million viewers per year. The... 

 1 Review  I'm not sure there is any historical interest in this church but its location presents quite an imposing structure and at night the church is flood lit which makes it quite attractive. There are many many churches in Mesquite. 

 1 Review  Mesquite is quite popular for business meetings and conventions. The Mesquite Convention Center and Exhibit Hall sits between the Mesquite Rodeo and Hampton Court Inn. They off 21,000 sqft of meeting space and 35,000 sqft Exhibit Hall. 

 1 Review  The Mesquite Arts Center was built in 1995 and hosts 1,400 various events annually. The centre includes an acoustically correct performance hall which has a canopied stage for music and seats 492 - quite a cosy little theatre. There is also a rehearsal hall, theatre and gallery. Surround these areas... 

 1 Review  This hall is used for many exhibition including the popular gun Show. The exhibition hall is located next to Big Town Mall which was the first enclosed mall in the southwest, opening in 1959. The mall has really declined with the opening of Town East Mall but there is still a sporting goods store... 

 1 Review  The original charter to the Mesquite State Bank was issued in 1962 by the State of Texas and opened in an old lumberyard building just off the square and beside the railroad tracks. The bank opened the November of the same year and then moved to the existing location in 1963. The bank has changed... 

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