Ft. Worth is Where the West Begins
The Texas Quote of the Day:
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 9, 2024
"Fort Worth is where the West begins, and Dallas is where the East peters out."
----- Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth oil man, publisher, radio station owner, and business man, offering up his own definition of where West Texas begins. pic.twitter.com/hj60zlK8pL
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: 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 […]