Administered by City of Fort Worth Parks and Recreation Department 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth Texas 76102
Located Corner of Houston & West Belknap Fort Worth Texas
Date:
Dedicated 1921
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(Lower right corner of plaque:) J.M. Lore (Lower left corner of plaque:) LIMERICK & CO FOUNDERS BALTIMORE, MD (Across bottom of plaque:) THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE OF CAMP WORTH, A UNITED STATES MILITARY POST NAMED IN HONOR OF GENERAL WILLIAM/J. WORTH AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR RIPLEY A. ARNOLD 1849-1853 THE CAMP PROTECTED THE FRONTIER AGAINST/INDIANS, AND WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (Plaque on opposite side of base:) ERECTED BY MARY ISHAM KEITH CHAPTER 1921/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Bas-relief scene of military camp with buildings in background and wagon train led by team of oxen in foreground. Rider on horseback leads wagons; man with whip in hand walks alongside oxen. Two Indians stand near man on horseback in lower right corner. Plaque is mounted on side of stone boulder.
