Metroplex Beginnings: A History of Bird's Fort

Metroplex Beginnings: A History of Bird's Fort

When one stands by the Bird's Fort Historical marker today and looks at the surrounding area... Read More

Proposed Levee Project Covers 1843 Treaty Site

Proposed Levee Project Covers 1843 Treaty Site

Two Arlington real estate developers will be asked to preserve the integrity of an important... Read More

Bulldozer to Spare Site of Bird's Fort

Bulldozer to Spare Site of Bird's Fort

The place where the historic Bird's Fort once stood may someday be surrounded by office buildings... Read More

Arlington Firm Plans $1 Billion Development

Arlington Firm Plans $1 Billion Development

A group of Arlington real estate developers today unveiled a plan to transform a 2,100-acre... Read More

John Logan Bird, Great Nephew of Jonathan Bird

John Logan Bird, Great Nephew of Jonathan Bird

John Logan Bird was born in Arkansas, 1873, the son of William and Matilda Hemby Bird. His father... Read More

Village Creek Flows Through Ages of Indian History

Village Creek Flows Through Ages of Indian History

In southern Tarrant County there is a tributary of the Trinity River that has been named Village... Read More

Peters Colonists in Tarrant County

Peters Colonists in Tarrant County

By 1841 the Republic of Texas was suffering from an empty treasury and its citizens could not... Read More

Of Time and the Trinity River

Of Time and the Trinity River

The West Fork of the Trinity River, meandering 50 miles between downtown Fort Worth and downtown... Read More

Like the Trinity, Fort Worth's Past Often Turbulent

Like the Trinity, Fort Worth's Past Often Turbulent

The river with no name never quite knew what to do with the land that sprawled away from... Read More