North Arlington Fossil Field Yields Prehistoric Crocodile

North Arlington Fossil Field Yields Prehistoric Crocodile

ARLINGTON - Local fossil hunters have uncovered more than 50 bones from a prehistoric crocodile skeleton... Read More

2,000 Acres: Bird's Fort to Viridian

2,000 Acres: Bird's Fort to Viridian

When first announced: The site of the first Anglo settlement in the region, Bird's Fort has long... Read More

Viridian Project Faces Key Vote

Viridian Project Faces Key Vote

ARLINGTON - The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to vote today on a developer's request to... Read More

Annexation Opponents Speak Up

Annexation Opponents Speak Up

ARLINGTON - Two property owners voiced opposition during a public hearing Tuesday on whether Arlington... Read More

Homes, Mixed-Use Retail Planned

Homes, Mixed-Use Retail Planned

ARLINGTON - Multifamily mansions, a town square, offices with apartments above them, and even a passenger... Read More

Bird's Fort: Building to Start Next Fall

Bird's Fort: Building to Start Next Fall

The new owner of the Lakes of Bird's Fort in north Arlington plans to start construction by next fall... Read More

Deal in Works for Bird's Fort

Deal in Works for Bird's Fort

The Lakes of Bird's Fort property in north Arlington is under contract to be sold. Donald Huffines, an... Read More

Vandals Strike Memorial

Vandals Strike Memorial

Vandals recently again damaged the granite memorial denoting Bird's Fort, which was placed in 1936... Read More

The Rattan Family in the Republic of Texas

The Rattan Family in the Republic of Texas

During the American Revolution, John Rattan was a private in Captain Robert Porter's Company of Tryon... Read More

Arlington's Last Frontier Sells

Arlington's Last Frontier Sells

ARLINGTON - One of the biggest, most prized properties in the Metroplex now has a price tag of more... Read More

Council Members Stand Their Ground on Bridge Problem

Council Members Stand Their Ground on Bridge Problem

Just when it looked like Arlington was finally approaching a "go" on development of the 1,950... Read More

Cost of Bridge Might Snag Bird's Fort Development Plan

Cost of Bridge Might Snag Bird's Fort Development Plan

ARLINGTON - Plans to build the Lakes at Bird's Fort, a large residential and commercial project... Read More

TIF Incentive on Agenda

Name Links Development to Regions Early History

ARLINGTON - A wooden fort resting on the quiet shores of Lake Calloway in 1841 protected settlers... Read More

TIF Incentive on Agenda

TIF Incentive on Agenda

ARLINGTON - A sprawling neighborhood with $250,000 homes, shopping centers, natural gas wells... Read More

Planners Review Lakes Proposal

Planners Review Lakes Proposal

ARLINGTON - A Dallas businessman's plans to develop the Lakes of Arlington site is expected to add... Read More

New Plan in Works for Huge Arlington Site

New Plan in Works for Huge Arlington Site

ARLINGTON - A Dallas developer wants to build single-family homes, apartments, retail shops... Read More

Report Says Lakes Site Costly to Develop

Report Says Lakes Site Costly to Develop

ARLINGTON - One of the biggest, most prized properties in the Metroplex now has a price tag of... Read More

Arlington May Fund Study of Private Land

Arlington May Fund Study of Private Land

ARLINGTON - City leaders are considering spending up to $86,000 to study Arlington's largest undeveloped... Read More

Selling the Lakes

Selling the Lakes

ARLINGTON - Head-high weeds, broken only by a series of craggy dirt paths and unattended man-made lakes... Read More

Several Tribes Sign Bird's Fort Treaty, but Not Comanches

Several Tribes Sign Bird's Fort Treaty, but Not Comanches

At about the same time that Snively's contingent tried to intercept Mexican gold trains, failed... Read More

Bird's Fort Before Bird's Fort: The Sloan-Journey Expedition

Bird's Fort Before Bird's Fort: The Sloan-Journey Expedition

To stand at the site of Bird's Fort today and squint through the trees across the stagnant, placid waters... Read More