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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLY_site-of-the-first-masonic-hall-in-fort-worth_Fort-Worth-TX.html
After many years of debate, Fort Worth researchers identified this site in 1957 as the location of the city's first Masonic lodge. For more than twenty years, lodge members met in a two story hall at this location. The group organized in 1854 and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLW_fort-worth_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Founded June 6, 1849, as frontier post of Co. F, 2nd Dragoons, 8th Dept., U.S. Army. The commander, Maj. Ripley Arnold, named camp for his former superior officer, Maj. Gen William Jenkins Worth. In 4 years of operations, the post had but one seri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZGU_st-patricks-cathedral_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Erected 1888-1892 under the direction of the parish priest, the Rev. Jean M. Guyot, a native of France. Stone for walls was quarried locally. Improvised, horse-powered lathes were used to turn and polish the eighteen interior pillars. Ceilings and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZGP_first-school_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Site of the first school establishedby John Peter Smith Classes held inabandoned Fort Hospitalin this block
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