Fort Worth got its first purpose-built movie theater in 1910. It was the Odeon at 1004 Main, where silent one-reel films were shown. Admission was five cents. Within just a few

For many years, driving north on North Main from downtown Fort Worth, you would pass a crumbling building on your right that had long stood empty. When you asked locals about it, they remembered its p...

Today’s Southwest Medical District includes four major hospitals and an almost countless number of private clinics and rehabilitation facilities. Together, they form a multibillion-dollar operation.

One of the most significant events in Fort Worth history was President Theodore Roosevelt's visit in 1905. Although any moment can be called "historic" in retrospect, Fort Worth residents...

Thistle Hill, the last of the grand estates built by Fort Worth’s Texas cattle barons (1509 Pennsylvania Ave.), was commissioned by W. T. “Tom” Waggoner as a wedding gift for his daughter Elec

In Fort Worth’s early days, market day was one of the most important events of the year. Local farmers and cattle traders came to town to sell their goods. Market day was held once a month.

The automobile era arrived in Fort Worth in the summer of 1902, when proud bicycle shop owner H. R. Cromer drove down Main Street in his two-cylinder, sixteen-horsepower Rambler at a dizzying eight mi...

Once upon a time, there was a candy—and Fort Worth was arguably the confectionery capital of the Southwest, perhaps even all of America, although Hershey, Pennsylvania, received all the glory. After a...

Fort Worth residents have always been willing to contribute whenever called upon to support worthwhile projects—anything that would move their city forward and make it bigger and better. Today, in car...

The Brown Derby, located on North Main Street near the stockyards, opened in July 1986. Unfortunately, it lasted less than a year, closing on April 15, 1987. The young man in suspenders at the far lef...

Ordinary People History is sometimes shaped by highly important figures, and at other times by perfectly ordinary people. Many others simply witness the great deeds of others and cheer them on. This c...

The impressive art gallery inside The Bull Ring ice cream shop may seem surprising in the Stockyards, but those in the know head to 112 East Exchange Avenue as much for the artwork as for