article_snippet.sent: It's one of an estimated 1,000 dance halls that sprung up around Texas in the 1800s, knitting together German, Czech, Polish and other immigrant communities.
article_snippet.sent: From about 1870 into the 1920s, European immigrants in Texas built hundreds of these halls.
article_snippet.sent: European immigrants in Texas largely served as meeting places for agricultural groups, rifle clubs and mutual benefit societies.
article_snippet.sent: Over time, Sparks said, European immigrants in Texas also became important social centers that on many evenings hosted popular dances.
highlights_snippet.sent: An estimated 1,000 dance halls that sprung up around Texas in the 1800s, knitting together German, Czech, Polish and other immigrant communities .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: From about 1870 into the 1920s, European immigrants in Texas built hundreds of these halls .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: European immigrants in Texas largely served as meeting places for agricultural groups, rifle clubs and mutual benefit societies .
  