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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYO_morris-and-conn-buildings_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Originally the notorious Wild West watering hole known as the "White Elephant Saloon". Long-Hair Jim Courtwright who had been both Federal and City Marshall here was shot and killed by Gambler - King Luke Short, February 8, 1887 at the doorway to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYL_fort-worths-first-telephone-exchange_Fort-Worth-TX.html
On this site in September 1881 Fort Worth's first telephone exchange was founded by Southwest Telegraph and Telephone Company. It initially served 40 customers and employed three local employees. One hundred years later telephone service is suppli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZP1_first-christian-church-of-fort-worth_Fort-Worth-TX.html
City's pioneer congregation, organized by the Rev. A.M. Dean, who with hymn book and revolver came in 1855 to the riotous six-year-old hamlet on the Trinity. He held services (at present Belknap and Houston Streets) in a log house built for Post S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOY_amon-g-carter_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country before his arrival in Fort Worth in 1905. Carter became the advertising manager of the "Fort Worth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOX_the-neil-p-anderson-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Neil P. Anderson (1847-1912) lived in Fort Worth by 1882. A talented broker, he helped this city set the pace for cotton trading in the inland markets of the southwest. His firm had Sanguinet & Staats design this "Cotton Exchange" with seven skyli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNT_leonard-brothers-department-store_Fort-Worth-TX.html
(center panel)Obie Paul Leonard · John Marvin LeonardTwo farm boys, with ingenuity, determination and 600 dollars, built a business empire.
(outer panels)The history ofJohn Marvin Leonard and Obie Paul LeonardTwo farm boys, with ingenuit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNL_blackstone-hotel_Fort-Worth-TX.html
The first Art Deco skyscraper in Fort Worth, the Blackstone Hotel was erected in 1929 for wealthy cattleman C. A. "Gus" O'Keefe, who named it after a visit to the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The St. Louis architectural firm of Mauran, Russell, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNH_the-first-bulldogger_Fort-Worth-TX.html
W.M. "Bill" Pickett (1870-1932) originated the rodeo event of Bulldogging, known today as steer wrestling.
Native Texan Pickett developed a unique style of bulldogging, which made him world famous as a Wild West Show and Rodeo Performer. Bill w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZM2_tarrant-county-criminal-courts-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Built in 1917-18, this structure is located on land upon which old Camp Worth was constructed in 1849. The noted Fort Worth architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats designed the building, incorporating elements of the Beaux Arts and Classical Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLZ_the-site-of-camp-worth_Fort-Worth-TX.html
This stone marks the site of Camp Worth, a United States Military Post named in Honor of General William J. Worth and Commanded by Major Ripley A. Arnold 1849-1853. The camp protected the frontier against Indians, and was the beginning of the City…