Rails Around Fort Worth

Author : Ian Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467131687
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rails Around Fort Worth written by Ian Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railways played a central role in the development of the American West. The railroad came to Fort Worth in 1876, and with it came the boom that transformed a city into a metropolis. From the arrival of the Texas & Pacific Railroad to the streamliners of the postwar era, Fort Worth has always seen the railroad as a vital part of its character. From transcontinental locomotives to the construction of elegant architectural landmarks and to small but convenient interurban passenger lines, railroad history is central to Fort Worth's development. This is the story of a city's love affair with technology, transportation, and industry. Through its connection to an emerging country via the railroad, the young frontier town of Fort Worth came to offer as much to the nation's development as it benefited from it.

Author : Harold Rich
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806147180
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fort Worth written by Harold Rich and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings as an army camp in the 1840s, Fort Worth has come to be one of Texas’s—and the nation’s—largest cities, a thriving center of culture and commerce. But along the way, the city’s future, let alone its present prosperity, was anything but certain. Fort Worth tells the story of how this landlocked outpost on the arid plains of Texas made and remade itself in its early years, setting a pattern of boom-and-bust progress that would see the city through to the twenty-first century. Harold Rich takes up the story in 1880, when Fort Worth found itself in the crosshairs of history as the cattle drives that had been such an economic boon became a thing of the past. He explores the hard-fought struggle that followed—with its many stops, failures, missteps, and successes—beginning with a single-minded commitment to attracting railroads. Rail access spurred the growth of a modern municipal infrastructure, from paved streets and streetcars to waterworks, and made Fort Worth the transportation hub of the Southwest. Although the Panic of 1893 marked another setback, the arrival of Armour and Swift in 1903 turned the city’s fortunes once again by expanding its cattle-based economy to include meatpacking. With a rich array of data, Fort Worth documents the changes wrought upon Fort Worth’s economy in succeeding years by packinghouses and military bases, the discovery of oil and the growth of a notorious vice district, Hell’s Half Acre. Throughout, Rich notes the social trends woven inextricably into this economic history and details the machinations of municipal politics and personalities that give the story of Fort Worth its unique character. The first thoroughly researched economic history of the city’s early years in more than five decades, this book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Fort Worth, urban history and municipal development, or the history of Texas and the West.

Author : Jeff Campbell and the Interurban Railway Museum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467151459
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails written by Jeff Campbell and the Interurban Railway Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas has a long, romantic history when it comes to railroads. But even though steam engines and streetcars offer nonstop service to Nostalgia City, there's a dark side to Texas rail. The Black Widow of Fort Worth engineered a fatal double-cross at a railroad crossing. The Mountaineer Madman brought death to the Texas Electric Railway, while the Trolley Bandit terrorized the citizens of El Paso. From a freak accident involving a banana peel to a tragic trip to see Santa Claus, Jeff Campbell and the staff of the Interurban Railway Museum cross the Lone Star State on trains derailed by murder and mayhem.

Author : Mike Nichols
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625847122
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Fort Worth written by Mike Nichols and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters, one flamboyant preacher, one serial killer and one very short subway carrying passengers back in time to discover more of Fort Worth. Author Mike Nichols presents a colorful history tour from the North Side to the South Side's Battle of Buttermilk Junction.

Author : Railroad Commission of Texas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.FM/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by Railroad Commission of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Railroad Commission of Texas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report written by Railroad Commission of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Railroad Commission of Texas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
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Download or read book ... Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas written by Railroad Commission of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Texas. Railroad Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ... Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas written by Texas. Railroad Commission and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The T -- Southwest to Northwest Rail Corridor written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 866 pages
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Download or read book Metropolitan Management, Transportation and Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: