Fort Worth's Arlington Heights

by Juliet George

Book Overview

On the prairie west of Fort Worth, British-born Humphrey Barker Chamberlin commissioned a model mansion, grand hotel, trolley line, lake, and waterworks in the early 1890s. He launched Chamberlin Arlington Heights as an opulent suburb reminiscent of his Capitol Hill enclave in Denver, then lost his overextended empire in the silver panic of 1893. Although several more well-to-do families established homes near those of the original "Heights pioneers,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738578932
• ISBN13: 9780738578934
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 5.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.3"