Memories of My U.S. Navy V-12 Program which Began at N.T.A.C. in 1943 During World War II

Memories of My U.S. Navy V-12 Program which Began at N.T.A.C. in 1943 During World War II

While a student at North Texas State College (NTSC) in Denton, Texas, in November 1942...

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History of Dalworthington Gardens

History of Dalworthington Gardens

In the spring of 1933, Carl G. Mosig bought his I5-acre homestead on Arkansas Lane. His wife, Lelia, explains, "There was no Dalworthington Gardens. Arkansas Lane was, as the name implies...

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Meadowbrook Park: Once Entertainment Mecca in Arlington

Meadowbrook Park: Once Entertainment Mecca in Arlington

During the 1930s and ‘40s, Arlington, unlike other small towns in the Metroplex, boasted a large municipal park with a nine hole golf course...

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A Brief History of the Town of Pantego

A Brief History of the Town of Pantego

The Town of Pantego was incorporated in its present form with minor later adjustments, on May 22, 1952, after a previous incorporation in June 1949 and a dis-incorporation in February 1952...

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Uncle Johnny Lytton: Colorful Arlington Pioneer

Uncle Johnny Lytton: Colorful Arlington Pioneer

Uncle Johnny Lytton, who has been an interested spectator of a large portion of the development of this community during the...

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Airplane Travel Gains Popularity

Airplane Travel Gains Popularity

Board! Board! All Board! Cisco, Abilene, Sweetwater, Big Spring, Midland, and El Paso. Connections with western routes. Ship leaves in two minutes; get your ticket ready, call your port...

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Arlington Pioneer, Mrs. F. V. Lawrence, Writes of Early Days

Arlington Pioneer, Mrs. F. V. Lawrence, Writes of Early Days

In the spring of the year 1876, my husband, O. J. Lawrence, and I moved from Mansfield to a little place caller Hayter (pronounced Hyter)...

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Arlington Boys are Radio Operators at the new 50,000 Watt WFAA/WBAP Super Station

Arlington Boys are Radio Operators at the new 50,000 Watt WFAA/WBAP Super Station

The reason so many young men leave home and their home town is because it is hard to get...

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The Name Arlington

The Name Arlington

For whom or what was the City of Arlington, Texas named (in 1876)? Was it Arlington, the Custis family home (as most historians believe), or was it Arlington National...

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