Stop Six, Fort Worth, Texas

Stop Six is a neighborhood in south-east Fort Worth, Texas (USA).

Stop Six, a mostly African-American neighborhood,[1] was once home to the sixth stop on the Northern Texas Traction Co. interurban line that ran between Fort Worth and Dallas. The neighborhood is an historic African-American neighborhood and is known for its state championship high school basketball team, Dunbar High, in 1993, 2003, and 2006.[2]

Government and infrastructure

The JPS Health Center Stop Six - Walter B. Barbour of the JPS Health Network (Tarrant County Hospital District) is in Stop Six.[3] It includes behavioral and dental services.[4][5]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lyons, Julie. "Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky." Dallas Observer. February 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Boys Basketball State Archives School Search." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "JPS Health Center Stop Six - Walter B. Barbour." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "JPS Behavioral Centers." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ "JPS Dental Centers." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "The shot not heard round the world: the way Elmo Henderson tells it, his entire life can be boiled down to a single moment in 1972, when he stepped into the ring in San Antonio and knocked out the greatest fighter on the planet. But honestly, that's just where his story begins." Texas Monthly. December 1, 2004. Retrieved on April 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ "" LinkedIn.


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