A Short History Poll
#1
Posted 02 January 2006 - 11:32 AM
#2
Posted 05 January 2006 - 06:42 AM
On page 159 of Johnny Myer's "Texas Electric" book, there is a timetable that shows Sagamore Hill with the name "Stop Six" inked in. But that doesn't look right to me. It's out past Oakland.
The "6th" stop on the NTT heading east from downtown Fort Worth is Virginia Place. This assumes that Cleburne Junction was the 1st stop as listed on the timetables.
The community around that area certainly did become known as "Stop Six".
This is shown in good detail on the 1920 Charles Rogers map of Greater Fort Worth.
Pete Charlton
The Fort Worth Gazette blog
The Lost Antique Maps of Fort Worth on CDROM
Website: Antique Maps of Texas
Large format reproductions of original antique and vintage Texas & southwestern maps
#3
Posted 06 January 2006 - 12:11 AM
Or maybe it was a timetable or ticket stub. I'll find it.
#4
Posted 06 May 2006 - 06:14 PM
#5
Posted 17 May 2006 - 05:51 PM
#6
Posted 03 November 2008 - 08:18 PM
When I was a lad on the East side of town the story was that during the old days the
corner of E. Lancaster and Edgewood was where all the people who lived across the
T&P Railroad tracks would disembark from the Inter Urban. Since they lacked
transportation they all walked south to Rosedale, at least a mile, to get home.
Because that intersection was Stop #6, the community eventually became known by
the same name.
#7
Posted 03 November 2008 - 09:05 PM
#8
Posted 03 November 2008 - 09:35 PM
#9
Posted 18 November 2008 - 07:19 PM
stop six was the 6th stop from downtown on bus line
now it might be your last
beware stop six
dan h
AMHIK
#10
Posted 12 May 2009 - 11:47 AM
It was a very respectable area and was a desirable place to live in east Fort Worth. Actually most of the interurban stops had names, but many were still just commonly known by their stop number.
The 1920 & 1925 Charles Rogers maps of Greater Fort Worth show them as:
1. Cleburne Junction (Around Grafton Street where the Clebune Interurban branched off.)
2. Sycamore Creek
3. Sycamore Heights
4. College Hill
5. Tandy Lake
6. Virginia Place
7. Mona
8. Oakland
9. Sagamore Hill
10. Edgewood
11. Haines
The NTT Interurban ran on what was then private right of way in the space that is now the sourth or eastbound lanes of East Lancaster. The series of roads variously called Front Street/Dallas Pike/Bankhead Highway/State Highway #1 and eventually US Highway 80 was a fairly narrow two lane road that was not very straight or well connected until after the Interurban stopped running in 1934. At that time, with public Depression funds, East Lancaster (They renamed Front Street after 1929) was transformed into a boulevard with a wide median using the old Interurban ROW. This went as far east as the city limits.
As an aside... The Fort Worth & Cleburne Interurban and the much earlier Arlington Heights streetcar line may have been prime contributors to the much discussed surburban expansion or sprawl that seems to bother dedicated urbanistas.
Pete Charlton
The Fort Worth Gazette blog
The Lost Antique Maps of Fort Worth on CDROM
Website: Antique Maps of Texas
Large format reproductions of original antique and vintage Texas & southwestern maps
#11
Posted 18 July 2012 - 10:55 AM
By the way, I didn't search for this thread; I clicked the New Content link and this was in the listing. Not the first time I've noticed this; once in a while the search engine includes old threads in the New Content search.
#12
Posted 18 July 2012 - 01:22 PM
#13
Posted 18 July 2012 - 01:25 PM
#14
Posted 18 July 2012 - 01:46 PM
I've been curious about the track location from Handley to Arlington for the Interurban. I always assumed it was just north of the current rail tracks, in the narrow paved area between Lancaster/Division and the train track. However, a map I just saw shows the Interurban crossing under the train track from the north side to the south side just east of current Loop 820. There is still an underpass present under what used to be Old Handley Rd. The map then shows the Interurban staying south of the train tracks to Arlington. Anyone know for certain?
Here is a map posted previously by Electricron showing the route in 1913, probably the one you saw
North Texas Traction Company Map
The discussion that follows has some info that might help your hunt.
#15
Posted 18 July 2012 - 10:07 PM
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