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76002067 [1] Added to NRHP. June 29, 1976. The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, north of the central business district. A 98-acre (40 ha) portion encompassing much of the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in ...
Overton Park. Overton Park is a neighborhood represented by the Overton Park Neighborhood Association (OPNA) www.overtonpark-na.org in Fort Worth, Texas located southwest of city's downtown. The neighborhood is located slightly south of the Clear Fork Branch of the Trinity River. The Overton Park NA currently consists of approximately 1,000 ...
Battles/wars. World War II, Cold War. Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. For most of its operational lifetime, the base's mission was to train and support heavy strategic bombing groups and wings. Carswell was a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War.
After the Mexican–American War. In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [4]
NAS Fort Worth JRB (Carswell Field), TX, c. 2006. Army Air Forces Combat Crew School, Tarrant Field (aka Tarrant Field and Tarrant Field Airdrome), c. 1 July 1942; Fort Worth Army Air Field, 29 July 1942 – 13 January 1948; Griffiss Air Force Base, 13 January 1948 – 29 January 1948; Carswell Air Force Base, 29 January 1948 – 30 September ...
History of Texas. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and ...
Channelview, Texas. (2020) Channelview is a census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas on the east side of Houston in Harris County. Its population was 45,688 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Aerial views of the Houston, Texas, skyline in 2014. Camera manufacturer: NIKON CORPORATION: Camera model: NIKON D800: Author: Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith: Exposure time: 1/640 sec (0.0015625) F-number: f/6.3: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 16:26, 5 May 2014: Lens focal length: 38 mm: Latitude: 29° 45′ 48.35 ...