Category Archives: The Year Was 1876

Fort Worth life as reported by the Daily Fort Worth Standard

Time Tables and Tarantulas

During the second half of the nineteenth century railroads built towns just as surely as did masons and carpenters. Railroads provided a town with jobs, provided it with immigrants, and provided it with a means to ship and receive goods, … Continue reading

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