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 City of Arlington Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 44.184 W 097° 06.456
14S E 677317 N 3623648
Marker commemorating the City of Arlington, next to City Hall. Tarrant County
Waymark Code: WMKD7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2006
Views: 88
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Arlington, City of
Address: 101 W. Abram St.
City: Arlington
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: cities and towns
Year Marker Erected: 2005
Marker Location: 101 W. Abram St.
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker for the City of Arlington, pointing out highlights of the city. Events and sites referenced on this marker include the University of Texas at Arlington (WM13A1), Six Flags Over Texas, the Texas Rangers, Cross Timbers (WMQCN),
Village Creek (WMKD0),
Middleton Tate Johnson (WMNPH),
P.A. Watson Log House (WMPNF),
Top O'Hill Terrace (WMGXG),
Site of Arlington Downs Racetrack (WMQ7V),
Andrew Hayter (WM7M42)
Marker Number: 13792
Marker Text:
The City of Arlington developed along the juncture of two distinct ecological regions, the Blackland Prairie and the Eastern Cross Timbers. The West Fork of the Trinity River and its area tributaries flow through the city, and one such stream, Village (Caddo) Creek was the site of a series of Native American Communities.
The 1841 Battle of Village Creek and the 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco, Tawakoni, Keechi, Caddo, Nadako, Ionie, Biloxi and Cherokee tribes opened the region to pioneer settlement, led by Col. Middleton Tate Johnson and Patrick Watson. In 1876, the Rev. A.S. Hayter helped survey the area for a new townsite and rail stop for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Named Arlington for the Virginia home fo Gen. Robert E. Lee, the town became a regional cotton distribution center. Incorporation occurred in 1884, the year after its first newspaper, The World, was first published. At the turn of the 20th Century, the city's more than 1,000 residents supported several churches and schools, including Arlington College, an institution that became the University of Texas at Arlington in 1967.
Arlington residents adopted a City Manager for of government in 1949. The municipality, situated between Fort Worth and Dallas, served as an interurban rail hub and as a stop along the Bankhead Highway. It became a statewide destination for amusements beginning in the 1920s with gambling at Top O' Hill Terrace and horseracing at W.T. Waggoner's Arlington Downs. Later attractions included Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, established in 1961, and the Texas Rangers baseball team. Today, Arlington remains a viable part of one fo the Nation's largest metropolitan areas. (2006)
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