 This week long event was celebrated by an Agricultural/Industrial Exhibition, Ball, and Carnival.Many of the businesses benefited by all the people that attended from the region.The first Official DeRoLoc Event in Emancipation Park (Oldest park in Texas-donated by Freed Slaves) hosted 4,000 people (Fall 1901-some people say it was 1909), the event stopped in 1929 and was recently revived by a local business (NuWaters Co-op) in Houston.