Remembering Fort Worth
From its birth to the present, Fort Worth has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, the city has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens.
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Fort Worth, Quentin McGown provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Fort Worth. Remembering Fort Worth captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From its early days to the recent past, Remembering Fort Worth follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history.
This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of more than a hundred historic photographs. Published in vivid black-and-white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.
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Book details
- Author
- Quentin McGown
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) - Topics
- Fort Worth, Texas · Texas history · local history · historic photography · city growth and development · pictorial history
- ISBN-13
- 9781684422456
About the author
QUENTIN McGOWN is a sixth-generation Texan and Fort Worth attorney who has served as Associate Judge in Tarrant County Probate Court Number One. His books include Remembering Fort Worth, Historic Photos of Fort Worth and Fort Worth in Vintage Postcards.
McGown graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with degrees in theatre and law and previously held the roles of General Counsel, Director of Gift Planning, and Alumni Director at that institution. He is an adjunct instructor in Political Science and Paralegal Studies at Texas Wesleyan and teaches Fort Worth history for the TCU Center for Texas Studies.
When he’s not writing, McGown serves the community through historical preservation, having chaired both the City of Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission and the Tarrant County Historical Commission.
Quentin lives in Fort Worth, Texas.