| 词条 | Arlington Heights, Fort Worth, Texas |
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Arlington Heights is a neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas. A Denver, Colorado-originating promoter named H. B. Chamberlain bought {{convert|2000|acre|ha}} of land from a Chicago financier named Tom Hurley and Robert McCart. He attempted to develop Arlington Heights, but a hotel he built, Ye Arlington Inn, burned in 1894 and he died in a bicycle accident in London. Arlington Heights was developed after the United States moved military personnel in the surrounding area in World War I.[1] Joyce E. Williams, a sociologist who wrote Black Community Control: A Study of Transition in a Texas Ghetto, wrote that almost all of the Lake Como women worked in Arlington Heights. Those women referred to it as "Little California", a reference to a fantasy idea of the state of California.[2] EducationThe Fort Worth Independent School District serves Arlington Heights. North Hi-Mount Elementary School serves Arlington Heights.[2] Arlington Heights High School is in the community. References
Notes1. ^Ladd, Sweetie. Sweetie Ladd's Historic Fort Worth. Texas Christian University Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0875651968}}, 9780875651965. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nLapxhyJDxoC&pg=PA30 30]. 2. ^1 George, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ExaiwJySh28C&pg=PA7 7]. External links
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