Every local news organization and some national ones have been crowded around 10th & Lamar all day hoping to catch a glimpse of Nolan Ryan, Mark Cuban and their respective legal teams as the battle for bidding rights to ownership of the Texas Rangers is carried out inside the Eldon Mahon Federal Courthouse. (more…)
On May 17, 2010, In Legends, By admin
You’ve heard about his park, Burnett Plaza, Burnett Street, the BurkBurnett Building, and perhaps even the town of Burkburnett, Texas, but who was Samuel “Burk” Burnett? A New York Times article about his passing in 1922 sheds light on the early Fort Worth philanthropist.