City of Benbrook
911 Winscott Road
Benbrook, TX 76126
(817) 249-3000
(817) 249-0884 fax

REFERENCES CITED

  1. Dalbey, Timothy S., undated. Upper Trinity River Cultural Resources. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.
  2. Benbrook-Western Hills Shopper, 1989a. "Benbrook One of Fastest-Growing Cities Population Gained 20,000 in 30 years." January 31-February 1, 1989.
  3. Madge Willburn, unpublished information, September 8, 1995.
  4. Landon Williams, unpublished manuscript.
  5. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1989. Fort Worth: Upper North, Northeast, East, Far South and Far West.
  6. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. "Benbrook School Dates Back 100 years." September 29, 1966.
  7. Benbrook-Western Hills Shopper, 1989b."Benbrook's First Pupils Learned Lessons From Bible and McGuffy's Reader In Classes Taught By Parents." March 14-15, 1989.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  10. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989b. op.cit.
  11. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  12. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas. 1990. Tarrant County Historic Resources Survey, Selected Tarrant County Communities.
  13. Handbook of Texas Online, 1999. "Benbrook, Texas." http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/benbrook.
  14. Madge Willburn, op.cit.
  15. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. Op.cit.
  16. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989c."Three R's Were Only A Small Part Of The Job For Benbrook Teachers 75 years Ago." April 11-12, 1989.
  17. Handbook of Texas Online, 1999. Op.cit.
  18. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  19. ibid.
  20. Williams, Mack, 1988. "State to widen Benbrook Road where Sam bass robbed stage coaches." Benbrook Shopper, July 12, 13, 1988.
  21. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  22. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982."Benbrook Yesterday and Today". Benbrook Elementary School.
  23. Ibid.
  24. Benbrook Banner, 1966b. "Benbrook has thrilling and Fascinating Periods of the Past.", September 29, 1966.
  25. Benbrook Banner, 1966c. "Historical Highlights," September 29, 1966.
  26. Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887. "How Long, Oh! Lord! Before the Bold Bad bandit Will Cease Robbing Texas Railroad Trains for a Living?", June 5,1887.
  27. Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887. "A Twice Told Tale." September 21, 1887.
  28. Selcer, Richard F., . Hell's Half Acre, The Life and Legend of a Red-Light District. Fort Worth, Texas Christian University Press.
  29. Benbrook Banner, 1966d. "Dick Bunch". September 29, 1966.
  30. Williams, Mack, 1977."In Old Fort Worth."
  31. Benbrook Banner, 1967. "Benbrook Was "Hold-Up headquarters" During Early days of Old West." October 12, 1967.
  32. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  33. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982. Op.cit.
  34. Williams, Mack, 1984. "Old Cowboys Tell How It Was", In Old Fort Worth, Fort Worth News-Tribune, December 7, 1984.
  35. Williams, Mack, 1990a. "Z Boaz: Benbrook Farm Boy Whose Gifts Benefited Many." Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, March 27-28, 1990.
  36. Wear, Robert, 1947."Benbrook Decides to become 'City'; Tiny Community Elects a Mayor." Fort Worth Star-telegram, Sunday, Dec. 21, 1947.
  37. Benbrook, Jerry, 1997. Personal communication by e-mail, 4/17/99.
  38. Williams, Mack, 1990b."Here's The First Published Life History of James M. Benbrook; He Survived War Wounds, Frontier Dangers, Business Downturns." Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, January 30-31, 1990.
  39. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982. Op.cit.
  40. Benbrook Banner, 1966e. "Benbrook Namesake's Forefather Fought in Revolutionary War." September 29, 1966.
  41. Landon Williams, op.cit.
  42. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1989. Op.cit.
  43. Kauss, Mary, 1987. "History hidden in Ridglea". Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 5, 1987.
  44. Madge Willburn, op.cit.
  45. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1989. Op.cit.
  46. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1989. Op.cit.
  47. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1990. Op.cit.
  48. Benbrook Banner, 1967. Op.cit.
  49. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1989. Op.cit.
  50. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1990. Op.cit.
  51. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. op.cit.
  52. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989c. op.cit.
  53. Rose, William A., 1984. Benbrook United Methodist Church, 1857-1984. April 27, 1984.
  54. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. op.cit.
  55. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989c. op.cit.
  56. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. op.cit.
  57. Benbrook Banner, 1966e. "Famous Flyer Vernon Castle Crashed Here During WWI." September 29, 1966.
  58. Morgan, Hugh, 1992. "Royal Flying Corps in Texas." Aeroplane Monthly, December 1992.
  59. General Order No. 33, May 1, 1918. Major Rhinehardt, Headquarters, Carruthers Field, Benbrook, Texas.
  60. Morgan, Hugh, 1992. "Royal Flying Corps in Texas". Aeroplane Magazine, November 1992.
  61. Benbrook Banner, 1966c. op.cit.
  62. Fairley, Bill, 1997. "No pilot more dashing than Castle in WWI." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 21, 1997.
  63. The Journal, 1997. "Who Was Vernon Castle?". October 16, 1997.
  64. Benbrook Banner, 1966e. op.cit.
  65. ibid.
  66. Wear, Robert, 1947. Op.cit.
  67. Benbrook Banner, 1966f. op.cit.
  68. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982. Op.cit.
  69. The Journal, 1997. "Vernon Castle Redication." October 16, 1997.
  70. Various correspondence: National Archives letter from Charlotte Palmer Seeley dated June 21, 1989; National Archives letter from Stuart Butler dated July 27, 1989; Texas Historical commission letter from Bruce Jensen dated September 1, 1989; Texas State Library letter from Michael R. Green dated September 1, 1989; Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center letter from William H. Richter dated September 18, 1989.
  71. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982. Op.cit.
  72. Crump, Matthew A., undated. "All Season, Coast-to-Coast; The Bankhead Highway and The Quest for Mobility." Unpublished manuscript.
  73. Mary Layne, unpublished correspondence, January 3, 1989.
  74. Hueholt, Leslie, 1991."Shedding light on the shady nooks from a time gone by", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 18, 1991.
  75. Mary Layne, op.cit.
  76. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1990. Op.cit.
  77. Hueholt, Leslie, 1991.op.cit.
  78. Rose, William A., 1984. Op.cit.
  79. ibid.
  80. Benbrook Banner, 1966f. op.cit.
  81. Williams, Mack, 1990c."61 years in Benbrook, Herschel Montgomery recalls When Mercedes was Lover's Lane." Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, May 22-23, 1990.
  82. Williams, Mack, 1977. Op.cit.
  83. Fifth Grade Rise Students, 1982. Op.cit.
  84. Historic Preservation Council for Tarrant County, Texas, 1990. 1990. Op.cit.
  85. Williams, Mack, 1988."Benbrook was "Capital" of U.S. Four Times during FDR Administration." Benbrook Shopper, June 28-29, 1988.
  86. Benbrook Banner, 1966b. op.cit.
  87. Handbook of Texas Online, 1999. Op.cit.
  88. Williams, Mack, 1990c. op.cit.
  89. Benbrook Sun, 1988. "Benbrook - A city on the grow". Benbrook Sun, March 2, 1988.
  90. ibid.
  91. Benbrook Banner, 1966g. "Benbrook Lake Gives City Top Recreation Facilities." September 29, 1966.
  92. Williams, Mack, 1989."Tarant County's Worst Disaster put Benbrook on Map 40 years Ago." Benbrook-Western Hills Shopper, January 3-4, 1989.
  93. Wear, Robert, 1947. Op.cit.
  94. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1949. "Wet Era Dies in Benbrook By Vote of 3". November 9, 1949.
  95. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1949. Op.cit.
  96. Gattis, Dave, 1997. "Alcohol Sales in Benbrook." memorandum dated 18 August 1997.
  97. "A Brief History of First Baptist Church of Benbrook, unpublished.
  98. Rose, William A., 1984. Op.cit.
  99. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. op.cit.
  100. Slaughter, Tony, 1951. "Residents Say Benbrook Going to be fastest Growing Town in Tarrant." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Saturday, April 14, 1951.
  101. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989."When Fort Worth Schools Began Charging Benbrook Students $10 Monthly Tuition, Talk of a merger grew Stronger." May 23-24, 1989.
  102. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, circa 1952. "Benbrook to reject Part of Audit Report, Malone Says."
  103. Joyner, B.G., 1959. "Benbrook-Speed Trap?", The Brownwood Citizen's Journal, January 21, 1959.
  104. Graham, Leon R. and Charles T. Roberts, undated. "Benbrook Common School District No. 58 School facilities Survey." Unpublished Texas Education Agency report.
  105. Benbrook Banner, 1966a. op.cit.
  106. Benbrook/Western Hills Shopper, 1989. Op.cit.
  107. Anonymous, 1972. Unpublished organizational chart, February 1972.
  108. City records. Personal communication from Joanna King, Benbrook City Secretary, July 2, 1999.
  109. Maddox, Lisa, 1981."Picking up the pieces after the storm." Benbrook Times, May 14, 1981.
  110. Norman, Cindy, 1981. "Benbrook is on the grow." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 7-8, 1981.
  111. Benbrook Sun, 1987. Progress, Our Community Spirit. Benbrook Sun, March 1987.
  112. The Journal, 1997."If you ask them to build it…they will come." November 13, 1997.
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