Saturday, April 5, 2014

1903: Charles Swartz.. Views of Fort Worth

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Last year (2013), a great show featuring the photographic work of the three Fort Worth Swartz brothers was put together by Fort Worth histor...
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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...