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Silk Hats and Spats (Part 1): The Residents of Quality Hill

On June 15, 1902 this notice appeared in the Fort Worth Register: On June 11 Electra Waggoner, daughter of cattle and oil millionaire W. T. Waggoner, had married Albert Buckman Wharton of Philadelphia after the two had met while “ascending … Continue reading

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