Ft. Worth was founded by Major Ripley Allen Arnold in 1849
He looks like a possible Mercedes driver, alright…The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
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Fort Worth was founded in May, 1849 by Major Ripley Allen Arnold, shown here in an 1852 daguerreotype along with his wife Catherine Bryant. Arnold (who is a dead ringer for @MarkHamill ) graduated from the United States Military Academy at West… pic.twitter.com/F9WzJss2Je