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In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [ 4]
The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas granite building in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembling the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower.
Fort Worth Fire Department established. [6] 1874 – Dallas -Fort Worth telegraph began operating. [7] 1876 – Texas and Pacific Railway began operating. [7] 1882 – Public school established. [4] 1883 – First National Bank of Fort Worth established.
The nonprofit that manages the Fort Worth Community Arts Center announced Wednesday that it will cease management of the historic Cultural District complex at 1300 Gendy St.. Arts Fort Worth ...
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The museum’s Confederate and Union military artifacts, valued at $3 million when the $1.5 million building opened in 2004, are now worth $20 million-$25 million and “may be the biggest private ...
January 11, 2018. ( 2018-01-11) Related. Flip or Flop (franchise) Flip or Flop Fort Worth is a television series airing on HGTV hosted by real estate agents Andy and Ashley Williams. It is a spin-off of the HGTV series Flip or Flop. It premiered on November 2, 2017 and takes place in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, primarily in Fort Worth.
The Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas. [2] Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.