Our favorite Arlington author, our own O. K. Carter, has just released the 5th edition of his ever-popular book, Caddos, Cotton and Cowboys: Essays on Arlington, Texas. Copies are available for purchase at the Fielder Museum for $20.00 each.
Caddos, Cotton and Cowboys takes readers on a journey through one of the most intriguing communities in the country. Located midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Arlington is home to the Dallas Cowboys, the Texas Rangers baseball team, the original Six Flags Over Texas, and the sprawling University of Texas at Arlington. The journey begins with a besieged fort on the muddy banks of the Trinity River and follows Arlington as it transitions from a pioneer village to one of the nation’s most populous 50 cities. That 180-year journey includes big time gambling (some legal and some not), gangsters and gunfights, opportunistic capitalism, and a mix of shrewd, often lucky politics that transform the city—now with more than 400,000 people—to a sports, entertainment, and higher education Mecca.