Bobby Morrow | Dallas Description | Epilogue | Fort Worth Description | Joe Don Looney | Wahoo McDaniel From his book, Seasons in Hell, Mike Shropshire describes Fort Worth...as a historic place that's chin-deep in trail-dust heritage. After the...
Tarrant County, Texas In 1845, Isaac Spence and a partner obtained the rights to open a trading house on the Trinity. A.G. Kimbell and partner had previously established a post somewhere between Fort Worth's hospital district and the Botanical...
Markers (click on a topic to jump to that section.) Allen Log Cabin, William Terry | Site of Bird's Fort | Site of Bird's Fort | Cable Tool Rig | Cattle Brands | Jesse Chisholm, Founder of World-Famous Cattle Trail (1806-1868) | Coliseum | Cross...
Tarrant County, Texas Satank Kiowa Raid on Walnut Creek Historical Marker Marker Title: Kiowa Raid on Walnut Creek Address: FM 730 & SH 199 intersection City: Azle Year Marker Erected: 1983 Marker Location: FM 730 R.O.W. East side, about .75 W...
Tarrant County, Texas The following story is from the book, Fort Worth, A Frontier Triumph, by Julia Kathryn Garrett. She was a legendary history teacher at Arlington Heights High School and an invaluable figure in the preservation of Texas History...
Tarrant County, Texas On December 29, 1845, Texas became a state, sparking a war with Mexico. As the armies moved to the south, the frontier was left unprotected and the governor ordered new Ranger companies to protect the settlements. Companies...
Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: Arlington | Azle | Bedford | Benbrook | Colleyville | Crowley | Dido |Euless | Fort Worth | Grand Prairie | Grapevine | Keller | Mansfield | North Richland Hills | Saginaw | Southlake | Watauga | White Settlement Greater...
Tarrant County, Texas The following information is from the book, Fort Worth, A Frontier Triumph, by Julia Kathryn Garrett. In September, John H. Dyer, brigadier general of the Fourth Brigade, raised a company of volunteers and moved against the...
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