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ARLINGTON,
TEXAS
Tarrant
County,
Central Texas
North
32°42'18"N 97°07'22"W (W 32.705, -97.122778)
Between I-30 to the North and I-20 to the South
Part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area
20 miles W of downtown Dallas
12 miles E of downtown Fort
Worth
Population: 394,266 (2020)
365,438 (2010) 332,969 (2000) 261,721 (1990) |
River Legacy
Parks in Arlington
Photo courtesy River Legacy Foundation, 2006 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Named
after Robert E. Lee's hometown in Virginia, the town was originally
settled in the 1840s. Gen. Edward H. Tarrant, (the county's namesake)
attacked and defeated local Indians here in 1841. A trading post was
set up two years later at a place called Marrow Bone Spring.
A small community nearby called Johnson Station had a post
office granted in 1851, but when the Texas and Pacific Railroad arrived
in 1876, the tracks were laid just north of the settlement.
The Reverend Andrew S. Hayter, a Presbyterian minister is credited
with platting the new community and the town was first named Hayter,
Texas in 1875. It was renamed Arlington in 1877.
One of Arlington's first enterprises was the selling of mineral water
and crystals from the town's public well. A sanitarium was soon built
and by 1884 there was a respectable population of 800. Utilities appeared
and telephone service was in operation by 1910. The population grew
to over 3,000 by the mid-1920s. From 1933 through 1937, Arlington
Downs was the city's biggest draw.
The city has somehow managed to maintain its separate identity, even
while being sandwiched between rivals Dallas
and Fort Worth. |
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| Photo
courtesy Michael Hicks |
| Photo
courtesy William Holmes, June 2005 |
The
Garden of Angels in Mosier Valley
At first glance, the Garden of Angels looks like just another cemetery.
Oh, but it's not. The Garden and the story behind are both touching
and... chilling.... |
River Legacy
Science Center
Photo courtesy River Legacy Foundation, 2006 |
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