While area leaders puzzle over the best method of rapid public transit to relieve the ever-increasing volume of automobile traffic...
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There was a time when iron truss bridges dotted the landscape of North Texas. You could literally throw a rock and hit one—that’s how common they were. They spanned...
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Formal opening of Parkdale Cemetery will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. This beautiful burial ground...
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First, thanks again to Richard Aghamalian, who brought the 1922 Dallas Morning News article to our attention in early July...
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The winds of wars were swirling in Europe. Germany had overrun Poland. The Soviet Union had just invaded Finland. The Great Depression was in full force, and the U.S. national unemployment...
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The Dallas Morning News article pointed out that “Arlington has just completed one of the largest high school gymnasiums...
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In 1899, George A. Byrus, a printer, came to Arlington and began the publication of a small, four-page newspaper, thereby...
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Citizen-Journal, Inc. is your employer. It is a company with a memorable past, dating from the founding of the Arlington Journal...
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James Daniel Cooper (1841-1917) was born in Crawfordville, Georgia, moved to Alabama with his parents, clerked, and then owned a store. In 1862, at age 21, J.D. Cooper enlisted...
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One of the two log cabins in Knapp Heritage Park in Arlington is that built in 1855 by Patrick Alfred Watson. Watson was one of the...
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