Author: Fort Worth (Tex.).Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.).Rules of Procedure, City Council of the City of Fort Worth
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.). City CouncilPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Fort Worth Parks
Author: Susan Allen KlinePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738578668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Fort 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.
Literary Fort Worth
Author: Judy AlterPublisher: Texas Christian University Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Aware that some may see the title of this volume as an oxymoron, James Ward Lee argues in his "Argumentative Introduction" that for more than a century Fort Worth writers have written well about a city too often dismissed as a semi-rural cow town. Writers have celebrated its world of cattle and oil, to be sure, but many have seen other sides of Fort Worth--the country club set, the literati, the artists and artisans, the musicians, the intellectuals, and the whole minority sub-culture that has given a cosmopolitan tone to the Queen City of the Prairies. Fort Worth is in many ways the most typical of Texas cities--proud of its slogan of "Cowtown and Culture." People mingle as easily at the new Bass Hall, with its world-class visiting entertainers and the Van Cliburn Piano Competition, as they do at the White Elephant Saloon or the Cowtown Coliseum. They visit a museum complex unrivalled anywhere in the world for a city Fort Worth's size, and they attend the Southwest Exposition and Livestock Show. Lee and Judy Alter, both Fort Worth residents and well-known writers themselves, found passages in novels, short stories, and poetry that caught the city's atmosphere and odd bits of its history. And they found that some of the best writing done about Cowtown is journalistic rather than what is usually considered literary. There are articles by current and former members of the staff of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and one particularly poignant piece about the last day of the old Fort Worth Press. Literary Fort Worth is a literary smorgasbord, with something to appeal to almost any reader's taste. And literary? You bet!
Nature & character
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.). City Planning DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Fort Worth (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Worth (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Policies and Regulations, City of Fort Worth, Texas
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.)Publisher:
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Category : Fort Worth (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Charter of the City of Fort Worth
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Worth (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Author: Fort Worth (Tex.)Publisher:
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Category : Fort Worth (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Fort Worth Stories
Author: Richard F. SelcerPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574418386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Fort Worth Stories is a collection of thirty-two bite-sized chapters of the city’s history. Did you know that the same day Fort Worth was mourning the death of beloved African American “Gooseneck Bill” McDonald, Dallas was experiencing a series of bombings in black neighborhoods? Or that Fort Worth almost got the largest statue to Robert E. Lee ever put up anywhere, sculpted by the same massive talent that created Mount Rushmore? Or that Fort Worth was once the candy-making capital of the Southwest and gave Hershey, Pennsylvania, a good run for its money as the sweet spot of the nation? A remarkable number of national figures have made a splash in Fort Worth, including Theodore Roosevelt while he was President; Vernon Castle, the Dance King; Dr. H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer; Harry Houdini, the escape artist; and Texas Guinan, star of the vaudeville stage and the big screen. Fort Worth Stories is illustrated with 50 photographs and drawings, many of them never before published. This collection of stories will appeal to all who appreciate the Cowtown city.