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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Tarrant County, Texas
Adjacent to Tarrant County, Texas
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| On West 7th Street east of Lamar Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Neil P. Anderson (1847-1912) lived in Fort Worth by 1882. A talented broker, he helped this city set the pace for cotton trading in the inland markets of the southwest. His firm had Sanguinet & Staats design this “Cotton Exchange” with . . . — — Map (db m52830) HM |
| On West Belknap Street (State Highway 347 Spur) at North Houston Street (Business U.S. 287), on the right when traveling west on West Belknap Street. |
| | This stone marks the site of Camp Worth, a United States Military Post named in Honor of General William J. Worth and Commanded by Major Ripley A. Arnold 1849-1853. The camp protected the frontier against Indians, and was the beginning of the City . . . — — Map (db m52717) HM |
| On Main Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | When professional photographer John Swartz snapped this famous photograph of five young men in 1901, he had no idea it would end up on a “wanted” poster. Swartz and his brothers, considered Fort Worth’s premier photographers, were . . . — — Map (db m52284) HM |
| Near East Exchange Avenue at North Main Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east. |
| | A native of North Carolina, Thomas Bailey Saunders (1816-1902) migrated to Texas in 1850 and started a cattle ranch near Gonzales. After the Civil War he completed cattle drives to markets in New Orleans and Kansas before settling in Bexar County. . . . — — Map (db m53413) HM |
| Near Montgomery Street north of West Freeway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate)
Thanks the citizens of Fort Worth, Texas for their unwavering support during the Vietnam War. Fort Worth will forever be in the hearts of the men of Charlie . . . — — Map (db m156913) WM |
| On Winton Terrace West 0.2 miles from Wescott Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House is a 2½ story Tudor Revival style home constructed in 1928. The house sits on a 1.5 acre blufftop site in the Park Hill neighborhood that overlooks the Fort Worth Zoo and Forest Park. The Park Hill . . . — — Map (db m94351) HM |
| On Greenwood Cemetery Road north of White Settlement Road. |
| | Born near Liverpool, England, William John Marsh was an accomplished organist and musician when he came to Fort Worth in 1904 to enter the cotton business. In addition to his bookkeeping work, he served as organist and choir master for two area . . . — — Map (db m146804) HM |
| | Baptists in the Grapevine Prairie area began meeting in their own homes as early as 1846. Worship services later were held in a log schoolhouse on what is now Dooley Street in the community of Grapevine. On December 25, 1869, the pioneers gathered . . . — — Map (db m147397) HM |
| | Wild mustang grapes growing profusely in this area inspired the name "Grape Vine" for this community. Ambrose Foster (1794?-1847) and his wife Susannah Medlin (1796-1876) were among the first settlers in 1845, from Platte County, Missouri. The . . . — — Map (db m147807) HM |
| | John E. Foust (1861-1926) moved to Grapevine in 1880 and started a general merchandise store which stocked coffins. He gradually added other services and with the help of his wife Daisy (Huitt) (1876-1963) established a funeral company. A civic . . . — — Map (db m147395) HM |
| | James Tracy Morehead
(Mar.27, 1809 - Aug. 6, 1897)
Virginia native James Tracy Morehead came to Texas with his family in 1852, settling in
newly organized Tarrant County. Two years later, he was chosen to serve as the county's third chief . . . — — Map (db m146155) HM |
| On Homestead Lane west of Ball Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Established in 1859, the Nash Farm constitutes one of the last remaining agrarian sites from the 19th century in North Texas in the region where there was once a pervasive landscape of farmsteads. Thomas Jefferson Nash, Elizabeth Mouser Nash and . . . — — Map (db m147393) HM |
| | Constructed in 1897, this building served as retail space until it was purchased and remodeled by the Tarrant County State Bank in 1921. It became the offices of the Grapevine Sun newspaper in 1947. Displaying Classical Revival style elements, the . . . — — Map (db m147398) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This cabin of hand-hewn logs was built along a creek at the edge of the Cross Timbers near the pioneer community of Dove. It originally stood on a headright settled in 1845 by Francis Throop, a Peters colonist from Missouri. J.C.Wiley bought the . . . — — Map (db m147396) HM |
| | Henry Jackson Harper (1844-1928) brought his family to this area from Tennessee in 1894. This cemetery was begun when the child of a family traveling through the area died and was buried in grove of trees on the Harper Farm. Harper's grandson, . . . — — Map (db m147241) HM |
| On West Kennedale Parkway (Business U.S. 287) at Crestview Drive, on the left when traveling south on West Kennedale Parkway. |
| | Known for its farming and brick manufacturing, the town of Kennedale was not officially incorporated until 1947. However, the town's citizens recognized early the need for educational facilities for area families. To accommodate their need, the . . . — — Map (db m105033) HM |
| On Hudson Cemetery Road west of S Eden Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | When John Dickson and Winnie (Traylor) Hudson's daughter Ary Mae died in 1878, she was the first person to be buried on the family land. Her twin, Ara Bell, who had been buried in Montague County earlier that year, was later reinterred beside Ary . . . — — Map (db m146143) HM |
| Near Smithfield Road north of Chapman Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Alfred M. Hightower came to Smithfield from Illinois with his family in 1858 and became a rancher. When the debate over secession arose, Hightower opposed it, but when the Civil War began, he sided with the South. As a mounted rifleman in the . . . — — Map (db m148160) HM |
| On McLeroy Boulevard west of S Hampshire Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In the 1890s, John Allebaugh Bowman led 19 people to Tarrant County on a three-week journey from Missouri. John and his brother, Frederick Kline Bowman, owned adjoining properties midway between Haslet and Saginaw. John founded Saginaw Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m146875) HM |
| On McLeroy Boulevard at Bluebonnet Street, on the right when traveling east on McLeroy Boulevard. |
| | Jarvis J. Green settled here in 1882 and named the site for his former
home of Saginaw, Michigan. The Fort Worth and Denver and Santa Fe railroads later crossed here, and in 1892 the first school opened. It was a tuition school on McLeroy . . . — — Map (db m146874) HM |
| On Blue Bonnet Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1914, Saginaw was a small farming community with a population of 100. The town already had a Baptist Church and a Church of Christ that were organized in 1911. So, on July 19, 1914, eight women and two men organized a Methodist Church in . . . — — Map (db m146922) HM |
| On Lockheed Boulevard (State Highway 341 Spur) 0.2 miles north of White Settlement Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Prior to World War II, the U.S. aircraft industry focused primarily on producing aircraft for civilian airlines; few manufacturers specialized in military airplane construction. In the fall of 1940, the War Department determined that expected future . . . — — Map (db m137869) HM |
| Near Pumphrey Drive 0.2 miles north of Westworth Boulevard (State Highway 183), on the right when traveling north. |
| | By January 1941, negotiations between Fort Worth civic advocates, led by Amon G. Carter, and the U.S. Army yielded an agreement to construct an aircraft plant near the city to build B-24 Liberator bombers. Legislation later authorized the creation . . . — — Map (db m106248) HM |
| Near Pumphrey Drive 0.2 miles north of Westworth Boulevard (State Highway 183), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Horace Seaver Carswell, Jr. was born on July 18, 1916, to Horace S. and Bertha Rea Carswell of Fort Worth. He attended North Side High School where he excelled in athletics. Graduating in 1934, Carswell entered Texas A&M College and later . . . — — Map (db m106247) HM |
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