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The Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas. [2] Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.
Lawrence A. Alexander (born 1943 in Fort Worth), law professor; Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983) H.S. Broiles (1845–1913), 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas [1] Joel Burns (born 1969), politician; Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
The Fort Worth Auxiliary was formed in 1964 and held its first fundraiser, the Blossoms in the Dust Luncheon, in 1965. The 47th Luncheon was held in 2011. [ 17 ] Over time, the Auxiliaries evolved to provide volunteers, fundraising and support to Gladney adoptive families and were later renamed Gladney Family Associations.
Carroll Marion Peak (1828–1885) – Fort Worth's first physician and founder of the First Christian Church; Baldwin L. Samuel (1803–1879) – Early Fort Worth settler and donor of land for Pioneers Rest; Anna Shelton (1861–1939) – First president of The Woman's Club of Fort Worth, Member of Mary Isham Keith Chapter, NSDAR
As a result of a civil suit brought by the infant's family, Waterman's was ordered to pay the parents US$325,000 (equivalent to US$459,923 in 2023), with a pending legal claim that the mortuary violated the state's consumer protection law that could triple the damages, The Boston Globe reported. The family's lawyer, Gordon T. Walker, said SCI ...
The Fort Worth Masonic Temple is a Masonic Temple located at 1100 Henderson Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson, the Neoclassical/early PWA Art Moderne structure was completed in 1931 and has largely remained unchanged. [2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as Masonic Temple. [1]
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]
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is partially in the cities of Grapevine and Euless in Tarrant County and Irving in Dallas County. Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located 14 miles (23 km) north of the central business district of Fort Worth on Interstate-35W. Billed as the world's first purely industrial ...