Fun-in-the-Sun Country Club on Lake Arlington
The Fun-in-the-Sun Country Club on Lake Arlington offered a host of amenities, combining style and summer fun.
Category: Local Unknown
‘Life in a log cabin’ – an early exhibit at Fielder Museum
An early exhibit at Fielder Museum depicted life in a log cabin.
The Newsletter Dilemma in Nonprofit Leadership
Though I’ve been doing the Arlington Historical Society’s newsletter for a few years now, June’s was the first one since becoming VP. It got me thinking about limited resources, the value of newsletters, and how we should still make time for the fun stuff.
Before the Automobile: Arlington’s Age of the Interurban
Imagine Arlington in 1900. A new century had arrived, and nearly 25 years since its founding, the population was finally poised to cross the threshold of 1,000 people. The railroad brought the world through the center of town, the mineral well became a tourist draw, and cotton was king. A small town was starting to develop and carve its identity. Though traveling by horse and steam railroad was still standard, the future of travel was here: the Interurban.
Corporal Joseph Cushman—End of Watch: June 7, 2001
Remembering Arlington Police Corporal Joseph “Joey” Cushman, who tragically died on June 7, 2001, during a training exercise.
Jason S. Sullivan 