Monday, February 17, 2014

Taming The Trinity River - Where it All Began

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The taming began immediately after May, 1949 when a record breaking Trinity River flood inundated much of Fort Worth below the bluffs. Both ...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Fort Worth: Sky High On Airships ~ The Helium Center Of The US Dirigible Fleet

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Since 1918, the citizens of Fort Worth had been aware that the was a possibility the the U.S. Navy would  establish a helium plant n...
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Friday, September 6, 2013

An Old Fort Worth Letterhead With a Great Map & Bankhead Highway History

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In 1925 Hugh H. Lewis Jr. owned an auto garage in Fort Worth that was doing booming business.  I collect a few Fort Worth letterheads and ha...
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Sunday, August 18, 2013

The Fabled Dallas Pike: Where Is It Now? This Post Card Has a Story..

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A little Fort Worth Bankhead Highway/Broadway of America/US-80 Tourist Court nostalgia:   Harrow Court <click image to enlarge> ...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Down the Brazos In The Late 1950's.. What If John Graves Had...

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The news of John Graves death at age 92 did not make me particularly sad.  He had a long interesting life that was traversed mostly on his o...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Battle For the Trinity Bluffs: An Historical Retrospective..

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During 2007 and 2008 the controversy over the devastation that the Tarrant County College District was wreaking to both the historic Trinity...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Once Again.. Tarrant County College Shows Its Contempt For The History Of Fort Worth

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The sad condition of the historic old 1912 TXU/Tesco/FWPL power plant at the base of the Trinity Bluffs under the Tarrant County Courthouse ...
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