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Camp Bowie, named in honor of the Texas patriot James Bowie, was a military training facility during World War II, and was the third camp in Texas to be so named. From 1940 to 1946, it grew to be one of the largest training centers in Texas. In 1940, the war situation in Europe caused the United States Congress to determine that the time had ...
After the Mexican–American War. In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [4]
Spur 580, also called Camp Bowie West, is a 5.395-mile (8.682 km) state highway spur route in western Fort Worth, Texas. Spur 580 is a former segment of U.S. Highway 80, and received its current designation when US 80 was decommissioned west of Mesquite, Texas. It is also a part of the older Bankhead Highway, which Spur 580 was once known as ...
If you think the six-point intersection of Camp Bowie/University/W. 7th is confusing now, you have no idea. ... 100 years of Boy Scouts in Fort Worth/North Texas. Fort Worth’s Forest Park Zoo in ...
They were two of 19 Choctaw Native Americans in the 36th Infantry Division from Fort Worth’s Camp Bowie who played a major role in the outcome of World War I. ... Military Museum of Fort Worth ...
The Village at Camp Bowie location was recently home to the short-lived Blue Butterfly Cafe, a Tennessee company. Before that, it was home to the first Fort Worth location of Olivella’s Pizza ...
Carswell Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) base, located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas. For most of its operational lifetime, the base's mission was to train and support heavy strategic bombing groups and wings. Carswell was a major Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War. It was the headquarters of several ...
A two-screen movie theater is being developed on Camp Bowie Boulevard, according to city records. Plans for a 9,683-square-foot movie theater at 6905 Camp Bowie Blvd. were approved by Fort Worth ...