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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAI_gamblers-gunfights_Fort-Worth-TX.html
In the 1880s, Fort Worth, "the queen city of the prairies," was home to good hotels, restaurants, theaters, banks, 60 saloons and 9 churches. Patrons dined at the elegant White Elephant Saloon with its 40-foot mahogany bar and climbed the broad ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAH_the-stage-leaves-from-here_Fort-Worth-TX.html
Few images of the American West are more enduring than the stagecoach. On July 18, 1856, the United States mail line brought the first stagecoach to Fort Worth on its way to Fort Belknap. The stagecoach stopped at Steel's Tavern at the present int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAG_plaza-hotel-building_Fort-Worth-TX.html
This building was constructed in 1908 as a saloon with "Guest" rooms on the top floors. It belonged to Winfield Scott, one of Fort Worth's most prominent citizens who amassed a small fortune in the cattle business. A popular lodging place for catt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAD_grand-hotels_Fort-Worth-TX.html
In March 1878, the lavish El Paso Hotel opened on this block. The three-storied, gas-lit, first class hotel featured a telephone and billiard room. It quickly became the major gathering place for city leaders, businessmen, visitors, actors and gam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAC_opera-houses-theaters_Fort-Worth-TX.html
The Adelphi, Fort Worth's first vaudeville theater, opened in 1876 at 3rd & Main but soon closed. Within a month, the "Theatre Comique" occupied the site, attracting audiences to its popular presentations of western-style variety entertainment. Gr…
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