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North of the River, A brief history of North Fort Worth, by J'Nell Pate tells the history of what is commonly known as Northside, that area of Fort Worth that lies north of Downtown that includes the Stockyards, LaGrave Field, Meacham Airport, Oakwood Cemetery and etc. From 1848, when the Gilmore and York families arrived, through the heyday of the Swift and Armour meat packing plants, to the modern day events held on Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards, J'Nell Pate covers all of this and much more.

Abrams, Cal	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Akin, Earl	Pilot
Anagnostakis, Demetrios	Greek immigrant - who wanted to be a coyboy
Anderson, Harold	Owned Courthouse Market
Anderson, Sparky	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Applebaum, Hyman	Started the Big Apple Restaurant
Applebaum, Sarah	Started the Big Apple Restaurant
Armour, J. Ogden	Owner of Armour and Company meat-packing plant
Arnold, Major Ripley A.	Established the army post, Fort Worth
Arnold, Sophie	Child of Ripley
Arnold, Willis	Child of Ripley
Atherton, N. L.	Alderman, Niles City Council
Atz, Jacob	Manager of the Fort Worth Cats
Ayala, Carlos	Son of Michael - Principal of Rosemont Middle School
Ayala, Delores	Daughter of Michael - Teacher
Ayala, Esperanza Padilla	Wife of Michael
Ayala, Eutimio
Ayala, Louis	Son of Eutimio - Barber
Ayala, Maria Ortiz	Wife of Eutimio
Ayala, Michael	Son of Eutimio
Ayala, Teresa	Daughter of Michael - Worked American Airlines

Babb, Foy	Owned B & B Barber Shop
Baird, Bruce
Barnett, Billy Bob	Owner of Billy Bob's Texas, world's largest honky-tonk.
Barrett, Nathan	Landscape architect from New York.
Barrow, Clyde	As in "Bonnie & Clyde"
Becan, Joseph
Belardi, Wayne	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Bell, Matty	North Side High School football player
Beltram, Hector	Son of Jessie - Retired Air Force & Dept. of Defense
Beltram, Hector Jr.	Son of Hector - Vice principal of Southwest High School
Beltram, Jesus (Jessie)
Beltram, Laura Carrera	Wife of Jessie
Beltram, Linda Ann	Daughter of Hector - Teacher
Beltram, Robert	Son of Hector - Navy chaplin
Bita, Theodore	Pastor
Boaz	Partner in business with M. G. Ellis.
Bogart, Humphrey	Celebrity
Bowers, James	Board member, North Side Business Association
Bradford, Louise	Daughter of Robert - Married Francis R. Cloud
Bradford, Robert Lee	Streetcar driver
Bragan, Bobby	Fort Worth Cats manager
Bress, Sarah	Married Harry Jacobson
Brewer, Lois	Niece of Jesse Roach
Brewer, Rex	Husband of Lois
Bridwell, Jack	Business partner of Foy Babb
Brown, Ted
Buckholtz, Charlie	Teddy Roosevelt's cook in the Rough Riders
Bunker, Alex	Married Josephine Novak
Bunkervich, Marcilia	Married Joe Riscky
Burchfield, Belle
Burge, Les	Fort Worth Cats manager
Burgess, J. W.	Founded Fort Worth Stock Yards Co. with J. P. Smith.
Burkitt, Birdie	Wife of Swede
Burkitt, Swede	Owned a pool a domino parlor
Burkhalter, Lee A.	Movie theater operator
Burks, Bradley	Automobile dealer
Burnett, Colonel Samuel Burk	Cattleman
Bussey, James T.	Baptist missionary
Byers, Andrew T.	Built an electric railway to the stockyards

Cabluck, Harry	Son of Tony
Cabluck, Johnny	Son of Tony
Cabluck, Lula	Stepdaughter of Tony
Cabluck, Mary	2nd wife of Tony
Cabluck, Olga	Wife of Tony
Cabluck, Tony	Owner of Roosevelt Garage
Cabluck, Sonya	Daughter of Tony
Calkins, Russell	Dentist
Campbell, Father Joseph A.	Catholic priest
Campbell, Miss Carrie	First school teacher.
Cano, Albert	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
Carrasquel, Chico	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Carrera, Laura	see Laura Carrera Beltram
Carson, T. E.	Grocery store owner - first mayor of Niles City
Carswell, Major Horace Jr.	War hero
Carswell, Horace Sr.	Worked at Swift's
Carter, Amon G.	Publisher of the Fort Forth Star-Telegram
Cavender, J. E.	Mail dept. clerk at Swift's
Chagnon, "Lion"	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Chandler, Robert	Owner of Chandler Hotel
Chenault, W. O. "Pinky"	Operated a drive-in restaurant
Childs, J.	Alderman, Niles City Council
Chisholm, Jesse	Lent his name to the Chisholm Trail.
Christian, Jeff	Board member, North Side Business Association
Cimoli, Gene	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Cloud, Ernest T.	Well-to-do laundry owner
Cloud, Francis R.	Son of Ernest T. - Married Louise Bradford
Cohen, Adolph	Married Ida Greines
Cole, Jess
Collins, Delia
Cordona, Bennie	Worked in his father's bakery
Courtright, Timothy "Longhair Jim"	Gunslinger
Cox, Loyd	On the Tarrant County Junior College District Board.
Crow, Millie	Descendant of Karel Haba
Cummings, Marie	Sister of Will
Cummings, Will

Daggett, Charles	Brother to Bud.
Daggett, Charles B.	Ran the ferry at "Daggett's Crossing" on the Trinity.
Daggett, Charlie	Son of Bud.
Daggett, Ephraim Merrill	Bud Daggett's uncle.
Daggett, E. M. Jr. "Bud"	Classmate of York and Gilmore children - Son of Charles
Daggett, Laura	Daughter of William Palmer, wife of Bud Daggett.
Daggett, Tenie	Sister to Bud.
Daniel, Dr. Charles W.	Baptist preacher
Davis, W. D.	Fort Worth mayor
Davis, William
Dewer, Margaret	Worked for Sam Rosen
Dominguez, Celia	Sister of Pris
Dominguez, Jose Jesus	Father of Pris and Celia
Dominguez, Pris	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
Dulle, Joe
Durrett, Jack	Early pioneer

Earhart, Amelia	Pilot
Elder, J. P.	Superintendent at Swift

Ellis, Jack Jr.	Grandson of Jack
Ellis, Jackie	Son of Jack
Ellis, Lonnie V. (Jack)	Food distribution company
Ellis, Merida Green (M. G.)	The Father of North Fort Worth.
Engler, Jack	Owned dry-goods business
Ermogenis, Damianos	Priest
Erskine, Carl	Fort Worth Cats baseball player

Farmer, J. D.	First mayor of the city of North Fort Worth.
Fernandez, Ron	Founding officer, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Fondy, Dee	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Fowler, A. Y.	Killed John B. York.
Franklin, Jim	Son-in-law of M. L. Leady
Franklin, Rusty	Son of Jim
Franklin, Wilson	Son of Jim
Freeman, W. O.	Board member, North Side Business Association
French, Charles C.	Stockyards public relation agent.
Fuller, William G. "Bill"	Airport manager at Meacham Field

Garcia, Hope	Daughter of Joe T. - Married Paul Lancarte
Garcia, Jesus "Mama Sus"	Wife of Joe T.
Garcia, Joe T.	Restaurant owner
Garcia, John S.	Meat dealer and grocer - Uncle of Joe T.
Garcia, Josephine	Daughter of Joe T.
Garcia, Mary	Daughter of Joe T.
Garcia, Pauline	Daughter of Joe T.
Garrett, Jenkins	Lawyer - son of Jesse
Garrett, Jesse	Lawyer - Baptist preacher
Garvey, William
Gause, George L.	Undertaker
Gehrig, Lou	Major league baseball player
Gilmore, Celia	Wife of Seaborn
Gilmore, Martha Ellen	Daughter of Seaborn
Gilmore, Seaborn	Early pioneer
Goldstein, Charlie	Store owner
Googins, Joseph	Livestock buyer for Swift and Company
Googins, Ruth	Dau. of Joseph - m. Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR
Gorczyca, Dr. J. T.	Board member, North Side Business Association
Gordon, Jack	Fort Worth Press columnist
Gordon, Betty	Wife of Sam Rosen
Gouhenant, Dr. Adolphus	Physician
Greines, Dr. Abe	Son of Meyer - dentist
Greines, David	Lawyer - Son of Meyer
Greines, Ida	Daughter of Meyer - married Adolph Cohen
Greines, Jake	Ran dry-goods storeSon of Meyer
Greines, Meyer	Russian immigrant - furniture store owner.
Greines, Mose	Son of Meyer
Greines, Sarah	Wife of Meyer
Greines, Sol	Lawyer - Son of Meyer
Griffith, W. H.	Alderman, Niles City Council
Grunewald, Peter	Operated Grunewald's Park and Dance Pavilion
Gutierrez, Hector	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member

Haba, Anna	Wife of Karel
Haba, Anna	Daughter of Karel
Haba, Jerry	Son of Karel
Haba, Karel	Operated a saloon
Haba, Louis	Son of Karel
Haba, Mary	Daughter of Karel
Haba, Millie	Descendant of Karel
Haley, Professor	Balloonist and sky diver
Hampton, Ireland	President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Handley, Gene	Fort Worth Cats manager
Harr, Fred	Alderman, Niles City Council
Harris, W. D.	Mayor of Fort Worth
Harrold, E. B.	Fort Worth Packing Company Director
Haywood, Louis C.
Hayworth, Ray	Fort Worth Cats manager
Helbing, Elmer C.	Track star
Helbing, Dr. H. V.	Father of Elmer
Helm, Bobby
Hester, Lucille	Opened a restaurant called Hester's on the Hill.
Hewitt, G. W.	Opened first grocery store.
Hickman, Holt
Hoak, Don	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Hobbs, W. T.	Founder of Hobbs Trailers
Holloway, Colonel Henry Clay	Father of the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Hope, Bob	Celebrity
Hornsby, Rogers	Major league baseball player
Houston, General Sam	Former President of Texas.
Hoxie, John R.	Fort Worth Packing Company Director
Huffman, E. L.
Huffman, Walter A.	Partner in business with M. G. Ellis.
Hunter, Billy	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Hurley, Mike C.	Railroad contractor.

Jacobson, Harry	Owned dry-goods business
Jacobson, Hyman	Son of Harry
Jacobson, Meyer	Son of Harry
Jacobson, Sarah	Wife of Harry
James, Bill	North Side High School football player
Jara, Manuel	Founding officer, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Jenkins, Reuben	Cattleman
Johns, August	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Johnson, Alfred	Early pioneer
Johnson, Colonel Middleton Tate	Established Johnson's Station
Johnson, W. C.	Lawyer
Johnson, W. L.	City marshall, Niles City
Jones, Morgan	Founded Fort Worth Stock Yards Co. with J. P. Smith.

Kablukov, Anton	aka Tony Cabluck
Kablukov, Olga	Wife of Anton
Kablukov, Sonya	Daughter of Anton
Keen, A. M.	Went into business with Bud Daggett.
Keen, Clarence	Son of A. M.
Kelly, Jim "Cowboy"	Cowboy and pilot
Kendrick, Homer	Operated Owl Drug Store.
Kimmel, Sam	Board member, North Side Business Association
Klein, Lou	Fort Worth Cats manager
Kothmann, Keith
Kraft, Clarence	Fort Worth Cats baseball player

LaGrave, Paul	Business manager of the Fort Worth Cats
Lake, Mary Daggett	Historian
Lancarte, Hope Garcia	See Hope Garcia
Lancarte, Lanny	Grandson of Joe T. Garcia
Lancarte, Paul	Son-in-law of Joe T. Garcia
Lanham, Fritz	Fort Worth Congressman
Lary, Yale	Professional football player - Auto dealership owner
Lawrence, Lewis	Owned the Stockyards Barber Shop
Leddy, Frank	Boot maker - brother of M. L.
Leddy, Martin Luther (M. L.)	Boot maker

Leddy, O. C.	Boot maker - brother of M. L.
Leddy, Silas	Boot maker - brother of M. L.
Leigh, Hazel Vaughn	Formed North Fort Worth Boys Club
Lewis, Mrs. Roland
Lewis, Roland Ecelon	Owned furniture stores
Lindbergh, Charles	Famous airman
Loving, Margaret	Married Colonel Henry Clay Holloway
Loving, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel P.	Uncle & aunt of M. G. Ellis.
Lozuk, Sylvester	Pastor of Clinton Ave. Baptist Church for Slavic People

Maclin, Tom
Maclin, Tracey
Macon, Max	Fort Worth Cats manager
Magers, Cliff	Automobile dealer
Mallon, Les	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Malone, Wallace	State Representative from Fort Worth
Marshall, Charence	Operated a newsstand
Martin, Nathan Monroe	Bank robber
McCafferty, Charlie	Proposed the creation of the North Fort Worth Historical Society
McCafferty, Sue	President of the North Fort Worth Historical Society
McCain, Juanita	Daughter of Dave Shannon
McCain, M. L. Jr.	First editor of the North Fort Worth News.
McCarthy, Joe C.	Fort Worth Packing Company Director
McDonald, William "Gooseneck"	Wealthy black businessman
McElyea, R. G.	Northside Coliseum operator
McFarland, Charles	Cattleman - Suggested first fat stock show.
McGown, George Q.
McKeough, Reverend M. A.	Catholic priest
McKinley, Bob	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
McKinley, DeWitt	Board member, North Side Business Association
McLaughlin, Ed
McMillin, "Bo"	North Side High School football player
McMillan, John	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
Meacham, H. C.	Mayor of Fort Worth
Mendoza, Rufino Sr.	Spokesman for the Hispanic community
Meyers, Colonel J. J.	Owned first herd ever to pass through Fort Worth.
Milankovich, Joseph	aka Joseph Milan - Married Anna Obal
Milliken, Bob	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Minton, Roscoe	North Side High School football player
Miron, Ben
Mitchell, Charles	Married Martha Gilmore
Mitchell, John	Purchased land containing burials that would become Mitchell Cemetery
Mitchell, Martha Gilmore	see Martha Ellen Gilmore
Montgomery, Sully	North Side High School football player - pro boxer - sheriff
Moody, Dan	Texas Governor
Moore, Elizabeth	Daughter of R. G. McElyea
Moore, M. H.	Preacher
Moore, Ray	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Morris, J. Walter	Owner of the Fort Worth Cats
Mulholland, Mr. & Mrs. H. A.
Murray, Gene	Board member, North Side Business Association
Murrin, Steve	Northside Coliseum operator
Myers, Robert L. "Chief"	Coached the North Side High School Steers

Neeley, M. J.	Owner of Hobbs Trailers
Neidholt, Kenneth	Butcher at Armour and Company
Niles, Louville V.	Invested in stockyards - Niles City named after him.
Norris, J. Frank	Baptist preacher
Novak, Josephine	Married Alex Bunker
Nugent, Alvin	North Side High School football player

Obal, Anna	Married Joseph Milankovich
Ozark, Danny	Fort Worth Cats baseball player

Pace, Elroy	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Paddock, Buckley B.	Editor of the Fort Worth Democrat
Palmer, Lan	Son of William
Palmer, Laura Alice	Daughter of William, married Bud Daggett.
Palmer, Sam	Son of William
Palmer, William	Purchased a farm from Charlie Mitchell.
Pappajohn, George	Greek truck farmer
Pappajohn, Steve	Son of George
Parker, Bonnie	As in "Bonnie & Clyde"
Parker, Colonel Tom	Elvis' manager
Pate, A. M.	Founder of Panther Oil and Grease Manufacturing Co.
Pate, A. M. Jr. "Aggie"	Son of A. M. - Texas Refinery Corporation
Pate, Joe	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Pate, Sebert	Son of A. M.
Pawluk, Peter	Pastor of Clinton Ave. Baptist Church for Slavic People
Peak, Howard W.
Pelton, Fred L.	Bank teller
Phillips, Norman	Automobile dealer
Polinsky, Harry	Veteran of WW II
Polinsky, Joe	In Bunker/Novak wedding party photo
Post, Wiley	Pilot
Presley, Elvis	Emerging rock and roll star
Puente, Carlos	First Hispanic to serve on the board of the Fort Worth ISD
Puente, Maria Esther	Wife of Carlos
Pullman, W. B.	Owned Pullman's Skateland

Randall, Porter	Radio personality
Rapp, "Goldie"	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Reeves, John L.	Fort Worth Cats president
Renfro, John William
Rigney, "Topper"	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Rios, Delores Ayala	Daughter of Michael Ayala
Riscky, Joe	Founder of Riscky's Barbecue
Riscky, Marcilia	In Bunker/Novak wedding party photo
Roach, Jesse	Founder of Cattlemen's steakhouse
Robbins, "Reg"	Auto mechanic and pilot
Roberts, Doak	Major league baseball player
Rogers, Will	Celebrity
Roosevelt, Eleanor	Wife of FDR
Roosevelt, Elliot	Son of FDR
Roosevelt, Franklin D.	US President
Roosevelt, Theodore	US President
Rosen, Betty Gordon	Wife of Sam
Rosen, Ephraim	Son of Sam
Rosen, Joel	Son of Sam
Rosen, Sam	Real estate developer
Ross, R. E.	Brother of Waddy
Ross, Sam	Brother of Waddy
Ross, Waddy R.	Co-owner Ross Brothers Horse and Mule Co.
Rouse, Fred
Rowland, Spider	Arkansas writer
Rowland, W. H.	Baptist minister
Runnels, Hardin R.	Ran for governor of Texas.
Ruth, Babe	Major league baseball player

Salicos, George	Farmer from Smyrna
Salinas, Dick	Founding officer, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Samuels, Alfred W.
Samuels, Baldwin L.	Gold miner - farmer - donated additional land for Pioneers Rest Cemetery
Sanchez, Abel	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
Sansom, Marion	Cattleman

Saunders, George W.	President of the Old Trail Drivers Association.
Scarborough, Esmond
Seay, Jimmy
Sellars, R. H.	Fort Worth Packing Company Director
Sellers, Eugene "Bud"	Automobile dealer
Shannon, Dave
Shannon, Jack	Chairman of Stockyards Area Restoration Committee
Shannon, Marie Cummings	see Marie Cummings
Shannon, Oliver	Son of Dave
Shannon, Samuel David	Undertaker
Shepelwich, Louise	In Bunker/Novak wedding party photo
Shield, Burt
Short, Luke	Gunslinger
Shrasek, Johnny	Automobile dealer
Simms, M. V.	Alderman, Niles City Council
Simpson, Greenlief W.	Invested in stockyards
Skelton, Bill	Grocery store owner
Skinner, W. E.	Manager of stockyards.
Smith, John Peter	Noted civic leader
Smith, Mrs. Artemis
Smith, Sam
Sparks, John H. Jr.	Movie theater operator
Sparto, Fideris "Jim"	Worked at Swift's.
Sparto, Mary	Daughter of Jim
Sparto, Muscola	Wife of Jim
Spooner, Carl	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Steward, William F.	Operated the Stockyards Inn
Stock, Jerome
Stoner, "Lil"	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Stripling, Will
Stultz, Wilmer L.	Pilot
Swift, Edward	Owner of Swift and Company meat-packing plant

Tarrant, General Edward H.	For whom the county is named.
Tavener, "Pee Wee"	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Taylor, Robert	Celebrity
Tegethoff, Charles	Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member
Terry, Colonel Nathaniel	Owned a plantation on Samuels Ave.
Thannisch, Colonel Thomas Marion	Operated the Stockyards Inn & Stock Yards Club Saloon
Throckmorton, J. W.	Texas governor
Tidball, Louis	Banker
Trippett, W. W.	Business partner of Colonel Henry Clay Holloway
Tyrs, Dr. Miroslav	A professor at Charles University in Prague

Vance, Bob
Van Zandt, Major Khleber	Mayor of Fort Worth
Vaughn, Mrs. Elizabeth DeCory	Formed North Fort Worth Boys Club
Vincent, Al	Fort Worth Cats manager
Vinnedge, Harry D.	Food distribution company
Vloitos, Muscola	Married Jim Sparto.

Waggoner, W. T.
Walkup, Jimmy	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Wallis, Dick	Board member, North Side Business Association
Ward, Preston	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Wardlaw, Verner S.
Weaver, Jim "Red"	North Side High School football player
White, Louis	Boot and saddlemaker
White, Victor	Boot and saddlemaker
Wick, Z. W.	Commanded the guards at helium production plant
Wilemon, L. N.	Board member, North Side Business Association
Wiley, D. B.	Board member, North Side Business Association
Wiley, Dick	Automobile dealer
Wilkes, John
Williams, Dick	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Wills, Ray	Automobile dealer
Wollner, Carl	Founder of Panther Oil and Grease Manufacturing Co.
Woodall, Larry	Fort Worth Cats baseball player
Worth, General William Jenkins	Fort Worth is named after him.
Wortham, Louis J.	State Representative from Fort Worth
Wruble, Millie Haba	Descendant of Karel Haba

Yardanoff, Helen	Daughter of Theo
Yardanoff, Josephine	Wife of Theo
Yardanoff, Theo	Ran a small cafe - Popularized a traditional western dish
Yardanoff, Theo Jr.	Son of Theo
Yardanoff, Wanda	Daughter of Theo
Yater, Tom	Purchased Stockyards Hotel
York, John B.	Early pioneer
York, Will	Son of John B.
Young, Brady	Automobile dealer
Young, Frances	Credit dept. at Swift's.
Young, Marshall	Purchased Stockyards Hotel

Zapata, Louis	Fort Worth City Councilman
Zepeda, J. Pete	Founding officer, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Zimmerman, Jake	aka Jacob Atz

Names Found in North of the River