Amon G. Carter, the Glossary
Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas.[1]
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54 relations: American Airlines, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Amon Carter Riverside High School, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Ancestry.com, Associated Press, Austin, Texas, Bell Textron, Big Bend National Park, Boosterism, Bowie, Texas, Carter BloodCare, Cedar Hill, Texas, Crafton, Texas, Dallas, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Fort Worth Independent School District, Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Fort Worth, Texas, Greater Southwest International Airport, KXAS-TV, KXTX-TV, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Lubbock, Texas, National Geographic, NBC, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Palestine, Texas, Pentrex, Riding into the Sunset, Ruth Carter Stevenson, Telemundo, Texas, Texas A&M University, Texas and Pacific 610, Texas and Pacific Railway, Texas Christian University, Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, Texas State Railroad, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Press, Texas Tech University System, The Saturday Evening Post, Time (magazine), United States Air Force Plant 4, Walter Winchell, WBAP (AM), ... Expand index (4 more) »
- Amon Carter family
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram people
- Texas Tech University System regents
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (ACMAA) is located in Fort Worth, Texas, in the city's cultural district. Amon G. Carter and Amon Carter Museum of American Art are Amon Carter family.
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Amon Carter Riverside High School
Amon Carter Riverside High School is a grade 9-12 high school in Fort Worth, Texas. Amon G. Carter and Amon Carter Riverside High School are Amon Carter family.
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Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium is an open-air football stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Amon G. Carter and Amon G. Carter Stadium are Amon Carter family.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.
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Bell Textron
Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico.
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Boosterism
Boosterism is the act of promoting ("boosting") a town, city, or organization, with the goal of improving public perception of it.
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Bowie, Texas
Bowie is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States.
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Carter BloodCare
Carter BloodCare is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Bedford, Texas.
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Cedar Hill, Texas
Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Crafton, Texas
Crafton is a community in northwestern Wise County, Texas, United States.
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas region, in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth Independent School District is a school district based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (Meacham Field) is a general aviation airport located near the intersection of Interstate 820 and Business U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is an American daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex.
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Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (formally the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show) is the oldest continuously running livestock show and rodeo.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.
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Greater Southwest International Airport
Greater Southwest International Airport, originally Amon Carter Field (ACF), was the commercial airport serving Fort Worth, Texas, from 1953 until 1974.
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KXAS-TV
KXAS-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving as the NBC outlet for the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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KXTX-TV
KXTX-TV (channel 39) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving as the Dallas–Fort Worth market's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo.
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company is a major unit of Lockheed Martin with headquarters at Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Palestine, Texas
Palestine is a city in and the seat of Anderson County in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Pentrex
Pentrex Media Group, LLC, is an American producer and seller of railfan-related videos and DVDs.
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Riding into the Sunset
Riding into the Sunset is a bronze sculpture by Electra Waggoner Biggs, depicting Will Rogers on his horse, Soapsuds.
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Ruth Carter Stevenson
Ruth Carter Stevenson (October 19, 1923 – January 6, 2013) was an American patron of the arts and founder of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, which opened in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 1961. Amon G. Carter and Ruth Carter Stevenson are American art collectors and Amon Carter family.
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Telemundo
Telemundo (formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content nationally with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas.
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Texas and Pacific 610
Texas and Pacific 610, also known as "Will Rogers", is the only surviving example of the Texas and Pacific Railway's (T&P) class I-1AR 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotives.
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Texas and Pacific Railway
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California.
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Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, is a western, historical museum in Fort Worth, Texas, United States that "honors those men and women who have shown excellence in the business and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas." The Hall of Fame includes over 125 cowboys and cowgirls, each of whom has a booth to display personal memorabilia.
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Texas State Railroad
The Texas State Railroad, also referred to as the Lone Star and Eastern Railroad, is a historic heritage railroad between Rusk and Palestine, Texas.
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Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.
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Texas Tech University Press
The Texas Tech University Press (TTUP), founded in 1971, is the university press of the American Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas.
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Texas Tech University System
The Texas Tech University System is a public university system in Texas with five member universities.
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The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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United States Air Force Plant 4
Air Force Plant 4 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, currently owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
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Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator.
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WBAP (AM)
WBAP is an AM news/talk radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
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West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
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Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator.
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Will Rogers Memorial Center
The Will Rogers Memorial Center (WRMC) is a American public entertainment, sports and livestock complex located in Fort Worth, Texas.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Amon Carter family
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- Amon Carter Riverside High School
- Amon G. Carter
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Ruth Carter Stevenson
Fort Worth Star-Telegram people
- Amon G. Carter
- Bob Schieffer
- Joe Cutbirth
- Larry C. Price
- Louis J. Wortham
- Mark Thompson (reporter)
- Mike Shropshire
- Randy Galloway
- Richard A. Oppel Jr.
Texas Tech University System regents
- Amon G. Carter
- Anne Windfohr Marion
- Bernard A. Harris Jr.
- Edward Whitacre Jr.
- Houston Harte
- John W. Carpenter
- Richard E. Cavazos
- Waggoner Carr
- William P. Hobby
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amon_G._Carter
Also known as Amon Carter.
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