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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DV9_a-great-time-to-be-alive_Fort-Worth-TX.html
"A Great Time to be Alive". . 'On October 22, 1959, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., pastor, civil rights leader and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made his only visit to Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Vada Phillips …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AHX_fort-worth-1849-1853_Fort-Worth-TX.html
On June 6, 1849, Major Ripley Arnold and Company F of the Second Dragoons established a military post on this site. Arnold named the post Fort Worth to honor Major General William Jenkins Worth, Commander of the Department of Texas. Worth died of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AGL_texas-christian-university_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Texas Christian University and Fort Worth's partnership dates to 1910 although the connection began in 1869 when Ida Addison, and Randolph Clark established TCU's forerunner academy in the area known as Hell's Half Acre. The rowdiness of the area …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286H_the-atelier-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Developer Thomas S. Weaver had this structure built about 1905. Named "Atelier", the French word for an artist's studio, it has housed the offices of architects and contractors, a restaurant, and financial institutions, including the banking firm …
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Major General William J. Worth was the commanding officer of the eighth military district including Texas and Mexico. His responsibility was to maintain peace between settlers and the plains Indians. His plan was to establish a new post on the Tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKQ_land-title-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Pioneer architects Haggart and Sanguinet designed this brick sandstone and cast iron building with rounded arched windows and other ornate details. It featured the first known stone carving in Fort Worth, the figure of an owl, and displayed the in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKP_flatiron-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Known in the early 1900s as the tallest building in north Texas. Erected 1907 for the renowned Dr. Bacon Saunders, Dean of City Medical College; Chief Surgeon, Nine Railroads; acclaimed as a pioneer of medicine in Texas. Designed by firm of San…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKO_fort-worth-library_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Seeking funds for a public library, local women asked the philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, to donate "the price of a good cigar." He gave $50,000. With that and substantial local gifts, including land donated by Mrs. Sarah J. Jennings, the first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1045_car-25_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Car 25 is one of four electric motorcars ordered by the Northern Texas Traction Company (NTTC) in 1913. The cars were manufactured by the St. Louis Car Company. These cars served on the interurban lines between Ft. Worth and Dallas and occasionall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103Z_mt-gilead-baptist-church_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Organized & Built 15th & Crump Sts. 1875. Rebuilt 13th & Jones Sts. 1883. Rebuilt 5th & Grove Sts. 1912.
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