tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247894442353423801.post1886230940183008812..comments2023-09-07T18:56:33.174-05:00Comments on The Fort Worth Gazette: Where The Heck Was Hell's Half Acre? ~ Probably NOT Where You Think It Was..Pete Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349899680956420599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247894442353423801.post-1634931455450538762014-05-13T17:25:37.076-05:002014-05-13T17:25:37.076-05:00I have read numerous of your posts as I have searc...I have read numerous of your posts as I have searched for an ancestor in Fort Worth. The 1880 census shows her living on Bluff Street, but does not give a house number. The previous street on the census page was Belknap. What was this area like in 1880. The census shows her as a widow doing washing and ironing for living.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320935843875916771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247894442353423801.post-58008481443345670702013-09-04T00:20:02.797-05:002013-09-04T00:20:02.797-05:00Hi - thanks for a great resource! I'm wonderi...Hi - thanks for a great resource! I'm wondering if you might be able to email me the original maps you created... I'd love to see the details in them - some of the text on these web-enabled images are blurred out. Thanks again!<br />-Vincent OlivieriVincent Olivierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928347242320155010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247894442353423801.post-20680846346476086582013-03-28T16:17:28.984-05:002013-03-28T16:17:28.984-05:00Dear ..mous.. If I am reading your comment correc...Dear ..mous.. If I am reading your comment correctly, you appear to think that the White Elephant in the Stockyards is in the same location as the original White elephant. <br /><br />This is not correct. The first & REAL White Elephant was at 3rd & Main just a couple of block south of the Courthouse and about 6 blocks north of Hell's Half Acre. The White Elephant in the Stockyards started up after the revival of the area as a National Historic District began around the late 1970's. I'm not aware of any sign that claims that the White Elephant in today's Stockyards is the original. <br /><br />For most of the original White Elephant's history there was almost nothing in the area where the Stockyards are today. The big development of the Stockyards started around 1902.. Pete Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349899680956420599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247894442353423801.post-51830190810248655072013-03-28T16:03:36.045-05:002013-03-28T16:03:36.045-05:00I am confused about your placement of the stockyar...I am confused about your placement of the stockyards to the south. The stockyards weren't moved???...the stockyards are north of the courthouse. I am sure there is a sign in front of the white elephant in the stock yards that says "this is the location of the famous battle..."or something like that, but I believe it is a little white sign and not one of those raised type font metal signs. I would be interested to hear of ghost stories from the convention center or the restaurants across the street or the water gardens to the south.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com