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.
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