Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Famed Fort Worth resident Amon G. Carter was the first guest of the new Blackstone Hotel. Sid Richardson had a penthouse in the Blackstone for $750 a month from 1929–1932. The Blackstone was the first skyscraper in Fort Worth to embrace Art Deco architectural elements.
Another factory was established in Bankston after the war, but was also burned. [6] The population in 1900 was 84. Around that time the settlement had a post office and a grist mill. [6] The post office operated under the name Bankston from 1850 to 1905. [7] All that remains of the town is the Bankston Cemetery.
In 1940, the mansion was acquired by the Girls Service League of Fort Worth. [2] The house was then empty from 1968 to 1975. [2] A year later, in 1976, a preservation non-profit organization called Save-the-Scott purchased the house and restored it. [2]
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The center operated its own record label, releasing albums by Coleman as well as artists such as Ronald Shannon Jackson, James Blood Ulmer, and Twins Seven Seven. [5] [7] [8] Caravan of Dreams also released films (including Ornette: Made in America, a feature-length documentary about Coleman) and spoken word recordings by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, John P. Allen (as Johnny Dolphin ...
FORT WORTH — A Fort Worth church will move forward with its plans to build a shelter for victims of human trafficking despite neighborhood opposition. The city council approved the site plan for ...
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. . According to the 2024 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 996,756 making it the fifth-most populous city in the state and the 12th-most populous in the United St
Billy Bob's Texas is a country music nightclub located in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk," at 100,000 square feet of interior space and nearly 20 acres of parking space. [1]