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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103W_eddleman-mcfarland-house_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Designed by Howard Messer, this victorian house was built in 1899 for Sarah C. Ball (1825-1904), widow of Galveston Banker George Ball. William H. Eddleman (1850-1932), a local banker, bought the home in 1904 and in 1921 gave it to his daughter Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103V_thannisch-block-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
The eastern portion of this structure was built in 1906-07 by Col. Thomas Marion Thannisch (1853-1935), one of north Fort Worth's early developers. Designed for use as a hotel and office space to serve the Stockyards community and trade, the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103T_fort-worth-stock-yards-entrance_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Spanning Exchange Avenue, this gateway to the Fort Worth Stock Yards was completed in 1910. Constructed by the Topeka Bridge & Land Co. for the Fort Worth Stock Yards Co., it was a significant feat of concrete work for that era. The columns are 22…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103S_thomas-b-saunders-family_Fort-Worth-TX.html
A native of North Carolina, Thomas Bailey Saunders (1816-1902) migrated to Texas in 1850 and started a cattle ranch near Gonzales. After the Civil War he completed cattle drives to markets in New Orleans and Kansas before settling in Bexar County.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYS_first-methodist-church-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Initially a wood frame structure constructed in 1874, this "Forth Street Church" was completed in 1887 of brick and limestone. Admired by many, the building was chronicled as "A very imposing structure in the Town of Forth Worth, with two inspirin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYQ_site-of-the-fort-worth-medical-college_Fort-Worth-TX.html
The Forth Worth Medical College was established as the medical department of Fort Worth University in 1894 by a group of prominent area physicians. Among those in its small charter class was Frances Daisy Emery, the first woman medical school grad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYO_morris-and-conn-buildings_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Originally the notorious Wild West watering hole known as the "White Elephant Saloon". Long-Hair Jim Courtwright who had been both Federal and City Marshall here was shot and killed by Gambler - King Luke Short, February 8, 1887 at the doorway to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYL_fort-worths-first-telephone-exchange_Fort-Worth-TX.html
On this site in September 1881 Fort Worth's first telephone exchange was founded by Southwest Telegraph and Telephone Company. It initially served 40 customers and employed three local employees. One hundred years later telephone service is suppli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZP1_first-christian-church-of-fort-worth_Fort-Worth-TX.html
City's pioneer congregation, organized by the Rev. A.M. Dean, who with hymn book and revolver came in 1855 to the riotous six-year-old hamlet on the Trinity. He held services (at present Belknap and Houston Streets) in a log house built for Post S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOY_amon-g-carter_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country before his arrival in Fort Worth in 1905. Carter became the advertising manager of the "Fort Worth…