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Van Zandt Cottage

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2900 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 44' 38.478228", -97° 21' 31.950576"
 
    Texas State
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     Built in 1860s on stage road to Weatherford, and for generations a haven to travelers during Trinity River Floods, this was the country home of Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1836-1930), who was know as Mr. Fort Worth. A Confederate veteran, Major Van Zandt was a merchant, lawyer, banker, railroad builder, State Legislator (1873), opener of frontier lands to settlement, and leader in many civic activities. Structure was restored by the State during Texas Centennial, 1936.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Van Zandt Cottage Historical Marker Location Map, Fort Worth, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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