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General Worth by Mathew Brady. The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it still preserves much ...
Davis celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 12, and Miller on Aug. 11. Both men spent over 70 years in the legal profession. Fort Worth criminal defense attorney MarQuetta Clayton called Davis a ...
Fort Duncan (near Eagle Pass) Fort Holland (near Valentine) Fort McIntosh (near Laredo) Fort Ringgold (in Rio Grande City) Fort D. A. Russell (near Marfa) Fort Sam Houston (in San Antonio) Fort San Jacinto (in Galveston) Camp Travis [1]
The Texas Civil War Museum is closing and its $20M in antiques are for sale. (It tried to show “both sides.” But there aren’t two sides of slavery.)
The CSA garrisoned the fort with volunteers and Texas Rangers, renaming it Rio Grande Station, which became an important port for the export of cotton into Mexico. [3]: 46 Federal troops reoccupied Fort Duncan on 23 March 1868 by the 41st Infantry under the command of Lt. Col. William R. Shafter, and Lt. Henry Ware Lawton as quartermaster.
The 36th Division of the Texas National Guard unit arrived at Camp Bowie, located then in Fort Worth, in mid-December for their year's training, but before training was finished, war had been declared. On September 19, 1940, the War Department announced that a camp would be built at Brownwood, Texas. Work began at the campsite on September 27 ...
In Fort Worth, for example, a man who bragged that he’d 3D printed more than 400 switches per day – and even showed an undercover agent how to slot them into his AR-15 – was sentenced to ...
1856 – Fort Worth became seat of Tarrant County. [4] 1873 Fort Worth incorporated. [5] Fort Worth Fire Department established. [6] 1874 – Dallas-Fort Worth telegraph began operating. [7] 1876 – Texas and Pacific Railway began operating. [7] 1882 – Public school established. [4] 1883 – First National Bank of Fort Worth established. [8]