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Author | : Richard F. Selcer |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2021-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1574418386 |
Download Fort Worth Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fort Worth Stories is a collection of thirty-two bite-sized chapters of the city’s history. Did you know that the same day Fort Worth was mourning the death of beloved African American “Gooseneck Bill” McDonald, Dallas was experiencing a series of bombings in black neighborhoods? Or that Fort Worth almost got the largest statue to Robert E. Lee ever put up anywhere, sculpted by the same massive talent that created Mount Rushmore? Or that Fort Worth was once the candy-making capital of the Southwest and gave Hershey, Pennsylvania, a good run for its money as the sweet spot of the nation? A remarkable number of national figures have made a splash in Fort Worth, including Theodore Roosevelt while he was President; Vernon Castle, the Dance King; Dr. H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer; Harry Houdini, the escape artist; and Texas Guinan, star of the vaudeville stage and the big screen. Fort Worth Stories is illustrated with 50 photographs and drawings, many of them never before published. This collection of stories will appeal to all who appreciate the Cowtown city.
Author | : Richard F. Selcer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781574418309 |
Download Fort Worth Stories, Volume 4 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fort Worth Stories is a collection of thirty-two bite-sized chapters of the city's history. Did you know that the same day Fort Worth was mourning the death of beloved African American "Gooseneck Bill" McDonald, Dallas was experiencing a series of bombings in black neighborhoods? Or that Fort Worth almost got the largest statue to Robert E. Lee ever put up anywhere, sculpted by the same massive talent that created Mount Rushmore? Or that Fort Worth was once the candy-making capital of the Southwest and gave Hershey, Pennsylvania, a good run for its money as the sweet spot of the nation? A remarkable number of national figures have made a splash in Fort Worth, including Theodore Roosevelt while he was President; Vernon Castle, the Dance King; Dr. H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer; Harry Houdini, the escape artist; and Texas Guinan, star of the vaudeville stage and the big screen. Fort Worth Stories is illustrated with 50 photographs and drawings, many of them never before published. This collection of stories will appeal to all who appreciate the Cowtown city.
Author | : Carlos Eliseo Cuéllar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Stories from the Barrio Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This work offers a new look at the history of Fort Worth. The history of this people includes the stories of early Mexicanos, escaping the hardships of the Mexican revolution, to the attempts of second generation Mexican-Americans to assimilate to their political voice and freedoms.
Author | : Carol E. Roark |
Publisher | : Texas Christian University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Fort Worth Then and Now Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Although the details fade with time, our memory of the location doesn't change substantially - the way the place looked, our sense of how people used it or the feelings it evoked. In reality, though, things do change whether the alterations involve only minor details or major changes to the landscape and buildings.".
Author | : Tom Fegan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-04-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781734570243 |
Download Panther City Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection of nine fictional crime stories set in Fort Worth, Texas.
Author | : Robert K. DeArment |
Publisher | : TCU Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780875652924 |
Download Jim Courtright of Fort Worth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. One of the most colorful characters from the wild and woolly days of Fort Worth's Hell's Half Acre, Courtright was at various times city marshal, deputy sheriff, deputy U.S. marshal, private detective, hired killer, and racketeer. Today, he is almost forgotten, either as a gunfighter or a lawman, except in Fort Worth. Little is known about Courtright's early life, though he apparently served in the Union army during the Civil War. But when he arrived in the West, Courtright seemed to attract trouble. He was involved in a shootout during the 1886 railroad strikes and was accused of murder in New Mexico. Deputies were sent to Fort Worth to escort him to New Mexico to stand trial. His escape from them, complete with guns hidden under a restaurant table, is one of Fort Worth's most colorful stories. Finally, he was killed in a shootout that he apparently provoked with gambler and gunman Luke Short. To this day nobody is sure what provoked that feud, but Courtright was honored with the longest funeral procession Fort Worth had ever seen. The myth of Courtright as legendary gunfighter was built in two previous biographies--one by a novelist and the other by a Franciscan priest. After exhaustive research into contemporary newspapers and other accounts and close study of the previous two books, historian Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. This book is a must for all those interested in the legends of the West, its lawmen, and its outlaws.
Author | : J'Nell L. Pate |
Publisher | : TCU Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780875651330 |
Download North of the River Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1848 the York and Gilmore families stopped their covered wagons north of the Trinity River near present-day Fort Worth. A century and a half later, the settlement they founded is North Fort Worth, with a colorful history centered around livestock, tourism, and family life. After the Civil War, life often revolved around massive cattle drives passing through North Fort Worth. Later, stockyards were built and the meat packing industry boomed, attracting thousands of people from around the world - Austria, Greece, Russia, Mexico, and Poland. North Fort Worth is now incorporated within the city of Fort Worth and continues to contribute a unique history and atmosphere essential to one of Texas' most diverse and fascinating cities.
Author | : Richard F. Selcer |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 617 |
Release | : 2015-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1574416162 |
Download A History of Fort Worth in Black & White Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A History of Fort Worth in Black & White fills a long-empty niche on the Fort Worth bookshelf: a scholarly history of the city's black community that starts at the beginning with Ripley Arnold and the early settlers, and comes down to today with our current battles over education, housing, and representation in city affairs. The book's sidebars on some noted and some not-so-noted African Americans make it appealing as a school text as well as a book for the general reader. Using a wealth of primary sources, Richard Selcer dispels several enduring myths, for instance the mistaken belief that Camp Bowie trained only white soldiers, and the spurious claim that Fort Worth managed to avoid the racial violence that plagued other American cities in the twentieth century. Selcer arrives at some surprisingly frank conclusions that will challenge current politically correct notions.
Author | : Juliet George |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738578934 |
Download Fort Worth's Arlington Heights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
On the prairie west of Fort Worth, British-born Humphrey Barker Chamberlin commissioned a model mansion, grand hotel, trolley line, lake, and waterworks in the early 1890s. He launched Chamberlin Arlington Heights as an opulent suburb reminiscent of his Capitol Hill enclave in Denver, then lost his overextended empire in the silver panic of 1893. Although several more well-to-do families established homes near those of the original "Heights pioneers," development progressed slowly. With the coming of World War I, local leaders persuaded the U.S. Army to build Camp Bowie across much of the sparsely settled area, providing infrastructure. A bungalow boom followed, with housing additions for the middle class and annexation by Fort Worth. As the 20th century drew to a close, preservationists sought protection for the legacy of built treasures within the neighborhood.
Author | : Carol Roark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780875652115 |
Download Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Working with a large-format view camera, Byrd Williams photographed Fort Worth over a thirty-year period. Carol Roark's text highlights photos of eighty buildings whose background and design embody periods in the city's history but whose stories are not well known today.