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Author: Byrd Moore Williams (IV)
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0875651437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents black-and-white photos and text profiles of nearly eighty architecturally and historically significant buildings in Fort Worth, Texas, all built before 1945.
Author: Margaret Culbertson
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780890968635
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In addition to identifying design sources actually used in Texas, Culbertson provides personal background information on several of the original owners, many of whom were prosperous and respected members of their communities. By providing such contextual information about the houses and their owners, Culbertson shows that using designs published in magazines and catalogues was socially and culturally acceptable during this period." "The book closes with an in-depth look at the use of published designs in one particular community, Waxahachie, and the place of these houses within the community and in the lives of their original owners."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Drew Sanders
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015-12-18
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0875656242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTucked in a bend of the Trinity River a few minutes from downtown Fort Worth, the Garden of Eden neighborhood has endured for well over a century as a homeplace for freed African American slaves and their descendants. Among the earliest inhabitants in the Garden, Major and Malinda Cheney assembled over 200 acres of productive farmland on which they raised crops and cattle, built a substantial home for their children, and weathered a series of family crises that ranged from a false accusation of rape and attempted lynching to the murder of their eldest son. Major and Malinda Cheney’s great-great-grandson, Drew Sanders, recounts engaging tales of the family’s life against the backdrop of Fort Worth and Tarrant County history—among them stories about the famous family Sunday dinners (recipes included). Though some family members, including writer Bob Ray Sanders and transplant specialist Dollie Gentry, no longer live in this special place, life in the Garden of Eden still shapes the family’s character and binds them to the homeplace.
Author: Joan Hewatt Swaim
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780875651040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe colorful history of Fort Worth's major university began over a century ago in the city's Hell's Half Acre. After brief periods in the Texas communities of Thorp Spring and Waco, the school moved to its present campus in 1910. Today it occupies 243 acres, has a faculty and staff of over 1500 and a student body of 7000. Take a campus walk...see just how far TCU has come.
Author: Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781585441969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author: Will McClain Winton
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Allen Kline
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738578668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFort Worth sits on a blend of timber and prairie land that is transected by the Trinity River and its tributaries. These physical attributes invited the creation of parks to preserve scenic landscapes and to provide Fort Worth residents with access to nature. Generous land donations as well as the foresight of city leaders allowed for the acquisition of park land, particularly after the formation of the park department in 1909. Local architects and such well-known names as George E. Kessler, Hare and Hare, Philip Johnson, and Lawrence Halprin have left a rich legacy of nationally recognized parks and recreational amenities. These include the Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, the Water Gardens, Heritage Plaza, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, and Fort Woof, the city's first dog park.
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1428915850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Will McClain Winton
Publisher:
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this bulletin is to furnish to residents of the county and to other interested a constructive guide to the geology of the county, its influence on general development, and its possibilities for exploitation -- Introduction.
Author: William Wayne Caudill
Publisher:
Published: 1941
Total Pages: 142
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