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The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, chartered under the laws of Texas on June 1, 1885, was part of a plan conceived by Buckley Burton Paddock and other Fort Worth civic leaders to create a transcontinental route linking New York, Fort Worth, and the Pacific port of Topolobampo, which they believed would stimulate the growth and development of southwest Texas in general, and the economy of ...
Current events/2023 January 6. Russian forces shell the front line city of Kramatorsk, damaging at least fourteen homes, according to the city's mayor, with no reports of casualties. Meanwhile, Donetsk People's Republic officials accuse Ukraine of shelling Donetsk with artillery. (Reuters via The Straits Times) (BBC News)
Fort Worth, the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 50 high-rises, 21 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983. [2] The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is the Bank ...
2023 Monterey Park shooting. Ten people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass shooting at a dance studio after Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California, United States. The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, escapes and later commits suicide. ( Los Angeles Times) Politics and elections.
The 2008–09 CHL Championship was the first by the Texas/Ft. Worth Brahmas franchise and the first for the Fort Worth area since the Fort Worth Fire won the 1996–97 CHL Governor's Cup. The Brahmas lost in the playoffs of the 2009–10 season in a close 2–1 fifth game against the Odessa Jackalopes.
Dickies Arena is a 14,000-seat multipurpose American arena, located within the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. [2] The venue hosted a public ribbon cutting on October 26, 2019. The first event held was a Twenty One Pilots concert on November 8, 2019. The facility is the result of a public-private partnership between Fort Worth ...
6,371,773. 23.4%. 2020. 7,637,387. 19.9%. Dallas–Fort Worth is the most populous metropolitan area of Texas, and the Southern United States. Having 7,637,387 residents at the 2020 U.S. census, [1] the metropolitan statistical area has experienced positive growth trends since the former Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas conurbated into ...
San Antonio, Texas. Municipal Auditorium. Jack Brisco (c) vs. Dory Funk Jr. in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. [6] Superbowl of Wrestling. June 5, 1976. Irving, Texas. Texas Stadium. Terry Funk (c) vs. Fritz Von Erich in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.