City of Arlington history

At Austin, the largest campus (founded 1881) in the University of Texas System, about 100 undergraduate degree programs and about 180 graduate degree programs are available in 15 schools and colleges.

A mineral well, whose water was reputed to have curative properties, was drilled in 1892 at the intersection of Center and Main.

When residents decided they needed a college, in 1895 they publicly funded Arlington College – UT Arlington today.

When the Interurban, an electric trolley system, went rolling down Abram Street in downtown Arlington in 1902, linking it to both Fort Worth and Dallas, the city billed itself as the natural home of traveling salesmen.

The former home of James Park Fielder, built in 1914 as the center of a 215-acre farm, is now operated as the Fielder House Museum by the Arlington Historical Society.

From left, Frank Hawks, W. T. Waggoner, Will Rogers, and Amon G. Carter Sr. on Opening Day at Arlington Downs racetrack, shot by D. B. Greene 01/24/1931

The Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute was chartered in 1939, later becoming Arlington Baptist College.

Once known for its cotton ginning and agricultural products, Arlington is primarily an industrial and commercial centre; it has automotive and aerospace industries that developed after 1950, with an accompanying rapid increase in population.

You may also have known about Six Flags Over Texas, as it was also opened in this city in 1961.

In 1966 a student atop the tower shot and killed 16 people and wounded 31 before he himself was killed by a police officer.

Turnpike Stadium, built in 1972, later became Texas Stadium, home of the Texas Rangers MLB team.

The state-owned Cowboys Stadium was built in 2009 and has become the home of the Dallas Cowboys.