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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVD_meacham-field-historical_Fort-Worth-TX.html
On July 3, 1925, the Fort Worth city council approved a lease on 100 acres of property on Decatur Road for the city's new municipal airport. It was built to replace the city's first municipal airport at Barron Field, a World War I-era flying train…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M3_armour-and-swift-plaza_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Designated as a state archeological landmark in 1987. This plaza honors the meatpacking industry, which helped make Fort Worth the livestock center of the southwest. In 1901, both meatpackers signed identical contracts with the Fort Worth Stock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M1_armour-company_Fort-Worth-TX.html
In 1901, local business leaders G.W. Simpson and L.V. Niles began negotiating with Armour & Co., one of the nation's four largest meatpacking firms, to encourage establishment of a branch plant in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Stock Yards Co. offered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LZ_swift-company_Fort-Worth-TX.html
A leading national meatpacking firm by the 1880's, Swift & Co. adopted a practice of opening branch plants nearer the source of supply. Attracted to Texas by the state's vast livestock herds. The company chose this site for a new operation as the …
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