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Camp Bowie, named in honor of the Texas patriot James Bowie, was a military training facility during World War II, and was the third camp in Texas to be so named. From 1940 to 1946, it grew to be one of the largest training centers in Texas. In 1940, the war situation in Europe caused the United States Congress to determine that the time had ...
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A bit closer to town, at 5821 Camp Bowie Blvd., the Fort Worth Tourist Lodge run by Carl McReynolds was completed in 1930. McReynolds’ finances were strained, and he did not get his operation ...
September 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM. A Fort Worth luxury hotel that combines lavish Western decor with elegant fine art has been named one of only 86 hotels in the U.S. ranked as “exceptional” or ...
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art opened in 1961 as the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. The museum's original collection of more than 300 works of art by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell was assembled by Fort Worth newspaper publisher and philanthropist Amon G. Carter Sr. (1879–1955). [3] Carter spent the last ten years of ...
Belt Buckle from the 144th. Likely used during World War I. Buckle was discovered by a metal detectorist in Fort Worth, TX at the site of Camp Bowie. The regiment was recalled to federal service soon after, in March 1917, and was combined with elements of the 6th Texas Infantry at Camp Bowie to form the new 144th
November 17, 2022 at 5:19 PM. Leonards Department Store was a Fort Worth institution for more than 50 years — an anchor of downtown where you could buy anything from a piano to packets of ...
Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas. [1] A legacy in his will was used to create Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum of American Art, [2] which was founded by his daughter, Ruth ...