Site of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church

Catholics in Fort Worth began meeting together for regular worship services by 1875. They met in private homes, and were served by traveling priests. In 1876 Bishop Claude Dubuis of the Diocese of Galveston assigned a young Irish priest, Farther ...

The Center for Naval History - The Navy Museum

The Center for Naval History

The Dudley Knox Center for Naval History is housed in the complex of buildings adjacent to the Leutze Park and extending down Dahlgren Avenue. Building 57, which was erected in 1866 as a warehouse, was enlarged ...

The Siege of Fort Mifflin

November 10 to 15, 1777

Report from the British Side:

Journal of Captain John Montresor

November 10th: We expressed our batteries against Mud Island Fort, the whole consisting of two 12 pounders, six 24 pounders, guns and one 13 inch ...

Hell's Half Acre

A notorious red light district known as Hell's Half Acre developed in this section of Fort Worth after the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in 1876 launched a local economic boom. Fort Worth was soon the favorite destination ...

14 – Pounder James Rifle

Bronze field gun

Made in 1862

for Union Forces

by Ames Mfg. Company

Chicopee, Massachusetts

Diameter of Bore 4.125 inches

Overall Length 73 inches

Weight 912 pounds

Marker is on Bernard Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

African-American History

he first African-American residents of Fort Worth were slaves who received the delayed news of their emancipation on June 19, 1865. Those who remained in the area began to build a community on the city’s east side. A blacksmith shop ...

Armed Forces Memorial

The Armed Forces Memorial is located here on a river that has for more than 200 years carried servicemen off to war and returned them home to loved ones. Within the Memorial are 20 inscriptions from letters written home by ...

JFK

On the evening of November 21, 1963, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth to spend the night at the Hotel Texas. Early the next morning, President Kennedy made an unscheduled outdoor appearance and surprised a crowd ...

Colonel Alden Felled

On this spot

Col. Alden

was felled

by the tomahawk

on the day of

the massacre

Nov. 11. 1778

Marker is on 166, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ely’s Ford

On this hill, May 3, 1863, Confederate General "J.E.B." Stuart was notified that General "Stonewall" Jackson had been wounded at Chancellorsville and that he was to take command of Jackson's Corps. Moments before, Stuart had ordered his 1,000 men from ...