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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BE7_bankhead-highway-through-arlington_Arlington-TX.html
The Bankhead Highway, often referred to locally as the "Dallas Pike" east of Center Street and the "Fort Worth Pike" west of that road, played an important role in Arlington's future by connecting it to Dallas, Fort Worth, and the rest of the U.S.…
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11O1_dr-lilburn-howard-colley_Colleyville-TX.html
A veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, Dr. L. H. Colley (1843-1924) and his wife, Martha Sabrina (Fowks) (1860-1914), migrated from Missouri to Texas in 1880. They settled in Bransford community in 1885, where Dr. Colley became a respec…
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/HM1044_the-coliseum_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Until 1908, The Annual Fort Worth Fat Stock Show was held in a variety of locations. As interest increased in the event and its educational and promotional values were realized, livestock exhibitors sought a permanent home for the show. The colise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1043_early-quarter-horse-shows_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Prior to 1940, Quarter Horses, also called Steeldusts or Billys, did not have an official breed name. However, there were shows where horsemen brought their Quarter Horses to be judged. William Anson of Christoval, TX, sponsored and judged this ty…
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103X_grand-united-order-of-odd-fellows-lodge-no-2144_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Organized in 1880, this fraternal organization was an active force in Fort Worth's black community during the early years of the twentieth century. Associated with a national order that had been chartered in 1843, the local lodge supported seminar…
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