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On 6 June 1849, Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth. In August 1849, Arnold moved the camp to a north-facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork. The US War Department officially granted the name "Fort Worth" to the post on 14 November 1849. [6]
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 ...
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. . Fort Worth's population was 918,915 as of the official 2020 U.S. census count, making it the 11th-most populous city in the United St
Sept. 19, 2007: Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief drives a excavator to start the demolition of the gasoline station at the corner of Camp Bowie Boulevard and West Seventh Street that had been there ...
Hundreds of pilots learned their basic and primary flying skills at these airfields in the Fort Worth area during the war. They were closed in 1919 when the war ended. [2] In 1940 the City of Fort Worth had filed an application with the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), asking for a primary pilot training airfield for the Army Air Corps.
A two-screen movie theater is being developed on Camp Bowie Boulevard, according to city records. Plans for a 9,683-square-foot movie theater at 6905 Camp Bowie Blvd. were approved by Fort Worth ...
The Village at Camp Bowie location was recently home to the short-lived Blue Butterfly Cafe, a Tennessee company. Before that, it was home to the first Fort Worth location of Olivella’s Pizza ...
Robert Muse Bass was born on 19 March 1948 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, Perry Richardson Bass, was an investor, philanthropist and sailor. His mother, Nancy Lee Bass, was a philanthropist. He has three brothers: Lee Marshall Bass, Ed Bass, and Sid Bass. His uncle is Sid Richardson. [citation needed]