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Will
Rogers Memorial Tower, Coliseum, and Auditorium
Fort
Worth, Texasby
Sarah Reveley |
Will
Rogers Memorial Tower, Fort Worth, Texas
Photo
courtesy David Kozlowski /dallasphotoworks.com |
Fort
Worth – Will Rogers Memorial Tower, Coliseum, and Auditorium
Amon Carter and Will Rogers were dear friends, and Will's tragic death in an Alaskan
plane crash in 1935 left a grief-stricken Carter to push for a Will Rogers Memorial
Museum to be included in the Centennial. The
City of Fort Worth constructed the tower, coliseum,
and auditorium, dedicated to the memory of Will Rogers, on the exposition grounds
as its part in the celebration of the Texas
Centennial. The Will Rogers Memorial Center is one mile north of I-30, off
of University Drive or Montgomery Street exits.
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Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth
From
"Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State of Texas,
1938
Courtesy Sarah
Reveley | |
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