Tarrant County, Texas
Historical Markers in Fort Worth, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 187 Texas historical markers in Fort Worth, in Tarrant County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle, Civil War, Native History, and Texas Music. The markers on this list were placed between 1962 and 2022. 60 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Fort Worth stories
- Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barnsplaced 1986
The Fort Worth Stock Yard Company's wooden horse and mule barns on this site were destroyed by fire on March 14, 1911, opening day of the Feeders and…
- Ormer Leslie Locklearplaced 1992
(October 28, 1891 - August 2, 1920) (grave site 65 feet east) A native of Greenville, Texas, Ormer Leslie Locklear moved to Fort Worth with his…
- Amon G. Carterplaced 1985
Born in Wise County, Texas, on December 11, 1879, Amon Giles Carter left home at an early age and worked at a variety of odd jobs around the country…
- Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184, A.F. and A.Mplaced 1987
Chartered on December 9, 1921, Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184 is located on land donated by Lodge members W.C. Stonestreet and F.H. Sparrow.
- Camp Bowie in World War Iplaced 1973
Headquarters, 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Established to train Texas National Guard and Oklahoma National Guard, after the…
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Plant No. 4placed 2008
Prior to WWII, the U.S. aircraft industry focused primarily on producing aircraft for civilian airlines; few manufacturers specialized in military…
Fort Worth on the Texas history calendar
- December 11: Amon G. Carter
- December 9: Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184, A.F. and A.M
- July 8: Camp Bowie in World War I
- April 18: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Plant No. 4
- March 14: Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns
- September 10: George Herman O'Brien, Jr.
- October 28: Ormer Leslie Locklear
- September 15: Robert David Law
- June 22: William Madison McDonald
All 187 historical markers in Fort Worth
- 1869 Independence Day Raid1984
- Administration Building1962
- Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery1992
- Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church1983
- Amon Carter Riverside High School and Riverside ISD1983
- Amon G. Carter1985
- Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184, A.F. and A.M1987
- Atelier Building1980
- Ayres Cemetery1984
- Baker Funeral Home2003
- Baldridge House1978
- Benton House1971
- Beth-el Congregation1986
- Billy Muth2001
- Blackstone Hotel1998
- Broadway Baptist Church of Ft. Worth1982
- Bryce Building1983
- Burke Cemetery1984
- Camp Bowie Boulevard1979
- Camp Bowie in World War I1973
- Cattle Brands1966
- Chapel Cemetery1993
- Chapin School1985
- Chase Court1984
- Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I2011
- Cobb-Burney House1985
- Coliseum1984
- Congregation Ahavath Sholom1993
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Plant No. 42008
- Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion2015
- Douglass and McGar Parks2009
- Dr. Clay Johnson House1983
- Dr. George M. Munchus House1985
- Early Site of Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show1995
- Eastern Cattle Trail1983
- Eddleman-McFarland House1980
- Elizabeth Boulevard1981
- Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery1981
- Ephraim Merrill Daggett1993
- Euday Louis Bowman1980
- Fairmount-Southside Historic District2016
- Fairview / The William J. Bryce House1983
- First Christian Church of Fort Worth1970
- First Hundred Years of Texas Christian University1973
- First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth1992
- First United Methodist Church2011
- Flatiron Building1970
- Florence Shuman Hall1967
- Forest Hill Cemetery2003
- Former TSTA Building1981
- Fort Worth "Where the West Begins"1969
- Fort Worth Belt Railway2014
- Fort Worth Elks Lodge 1241986
- Fort Worth Library1967
- Fort Worth Livestock Exchange1967
- Fort Worth Main Post Office Buiding1980
- Fort Worth Poetry Society2022
- Fort Worth Public Market Building1980
- Fort Worth Stock Yards Company1986
- Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance1985
- Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets1994
- Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns1986
- Fort Worth Zoological Park1983
- Fort Worth-Yuma Mail (Star Post Route No. 31454)1976
- Fort Worth's First Flight2012
- Founding Fort Worth2012
- Freese and Nichols, Inc.1994
- Garvey-Veihl House1993
- General Edward H. Tarrant1986
- General Thomas N. Waul, C.S.A.1983
- General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849)1987
- George B. Monnig House1985
- George Herman O'Brien, Jr.2016
- Governor Charles A. Culberson1979
- Grace Lutheran Church1984
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 21441984
- Greater Saint James Baptist Church1986
- Gunhild Weber House1978
- Hagar Tucker2007
- Handley Church of Christ2004
- Handley United Methodist Church1985
- Harrison Cemetery1982
- Hell's Half Acre1993
- Hemphill Presbyterian Church1985
- Hemphill Presbyterian Church1984
- Henry M. Williams Home1982
- Herbert M. Hinckley
- Hitch Cemetery1988
- Home Town of Texas Confederate General H.P. Mabry1964
- Home Town of Texas Confederate Major K.M. Van Zandt1964
- Hotel Texas1982
- I. M. Terrell High School1986
- Ida Saunders Hall1966
- Isham Cemetery1986
- James E. Guinn School1986
- James-Fujita House1986
- John Peter Smith1980
- John Peter Smith, Oakwood Cemetery Founder1981
- Khleber Miller Van Zandt1986
- Knights of Pythias1962
- Land Title Building1979
- Laneri House1982
- Lanius House1985
- Lawrence Clifton Elliott1991
- Margaret Meacham Hall1967
- Marshall R. Sanguinet House1981
- Mary Daggett Lake2001
- Masonic Temple Association of Fort Worth1984
- Masonic Temple of Fort Worth1984
- Maxwell-Liston House1985
- Meacham Field2015
- Meadowbrook Methodist Church1993
- Mitchell-Schoonover Home1979
- Mount Olivet Cemetery1986
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church1978
- Niles City1981
- Oakwood Cemetery1966
- Ormer Leslie Locklear1992
- Paddock Viaduct1980
- Peterson Family Cemetery1986
- Pioneer's Rest Cemetery1979
- Pollock-Capps House1977
- Ponton, Dr. Arvel and Faye, House2008
- Quanah Parker2007
- Raymond C. Morrison2011
- Riverside Methodist Church1991
- Robert David Law2020
- Rogers-O'Daniel House1984
- Royal Flying Corps1992
- Saint Ignatius Academy Building1962
- Saint John's Evangelical and Reform Church1982
- Saint Joseph Hospital1989
- Saint Mark United Methodist Church1985
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral1962
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church1982
- Sandidge-Walker House1986
- Santa Fe Depot1970
- Second Site of the Old Wayside School1968
- Shelton Building1981
- Sinclair Building1993
- Site of Fort Worth-Dallas Interurban1980
- Site of Majestic Theatre1993
- Site of Randol Mill1979
- Site of Ray-Manship Cemetery1986
- Site of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church1990
- Site of the First Masonic Hall in Fort Worth2006
- Smith-Burnett Home1985
- Southside Church of Christ1993
- Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary1972
- Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show1995
- St. Andrews United Methodist Church of Fort Worth2002
- Swift & Company1986
- Tannahill Homestead1979
- Tarrant County Courthouse1969
- Tarrant County Criminal Courts Building1984
- Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Terminal1980
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association1983
- Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Headquarters2011
- Texas in the Civil War: Confederate Veterans1965
- Texas Log Cabins1967
- Texas Spring Palace1980
- Thannisch Block Building1983
- The 1865 Indian Creek Raid1983
- The Edna Gladney Home1974
- The Fort Worth Hotel2017
- The Handley Power Plant and Lake Erie1980
- The Sanctuary - Gustavaus Adolphus Church1984
- Thistle Hill, The Cattle Baron's Mansion1977
- Thomas B. Saunders Family1981
- Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House1993
- Tim Cole2011
- Travis Avenue Baptist Church1986
- Van Zandt Cottage1962
- WBAP-TV - Channel 5, First Television Station in Texas1983
- Westbrook Estate2009
- Westover Manor1988
- Willburn Cemetery1986
- William Alfred Sanderson1984
- William G. Newby Memorial Building1967
- William John Marsh1985
- William Madison McDonald1982
- William Reeves House1984
- Winfield Garage1983
- Witten Cemetery1981
- Woman's Club of Fort Worth1976
- Woody-Kutch Livestock Commission Company2019
- Zion Missionary Baptist Church2006
Historical markers near Fort Worth
- Haltom City10 stories · 6 mi
- Hurst6 stories · 10 mi
- North Richland Hills5 stories · 11 mi
- Arlington43 stories · 13 mi
- Bedford6 stories · 14 mi
- Colleyville6 stories · 14 mi
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