• Extended Education Course: Fort Worth Parks and Open Spaces

    Our annual spring Extended Education course with local historian and Tarrant County Probate Judge Quentin McGown! The class will explore the history and development of Fort Worth's world-class park system as well as citizen efforts to preserve and protect urban greenspaces leading to the City's new Open Space Conservation Program. A two-hour interactive lecture on... Read more »

  • Texas State Parks: The First 100 Years, 1923-2023

    Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United States

      Planning your summer vacation? Check out one of our state parks! George Bristol will discuss his book, Texas State Parks: The First 100 Years, 1923–2023, which examines the history of one of Texas’s most treasured assets: our state parks. From the legislative establishment of the original Texas State Parks Board to the present, the... Read more »