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Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
Tamela Mann. William J. Marsh. James McMurtry. Mike Mennard. Roger Miller. David Miner (musician) Johnny Moeller. Hugh Moffatt (singer) Katy Moffatt.
Website. www.fortworthtexas.gov. Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. According to the 2023 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 978,468, making it the 5th-most populous city in the state ...
Lynn Merrick (1919–2007), actress. Dan Hewitt Owens (born 1947), actor. Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor. Bill Paxton (1955–2017), actor, starred in Titanic, Frailty, TV series Big Love; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth. Richard Rawlings (born 1969), entrepreneur and reality television star.
Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) [ 1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly ...
When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. [8] The Flakes later moved to the 7th Ward of Fort Worth, also known as Terrell Heights. [9] [10] In June 1939, her parents bought a house in the 900 block of East Annie Street, then a mostly white area. On June 19, 1939, 500 white rioters vandalized and burned down their ...
Edward Perry "Ed" Bass (born September 10, 1945) [ 2] is an American businessman, financier, philanthropist and environmentalist who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He financed the Biosphere 2 project, an artificial closed ecological system, which was built between 1987 and 1991. He is the chairman of Fine Line, an investment and venture-capital ...
In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [ 4]