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Pate Museum Of Transportation
The Pate Museum of Transportation was a transportation museum located in Cresson, Texas. History Background A.M. "Aggie" Pate Jr. acquired the first car in 1948 in high school. After becoming president of Panther Oil and Grease in 1965, he began planning for an automobile museum. The original idea included a vintage gas station and was called Gasoline Alley, but the scope expanded to include all forms of transportation. Establishment The main building was opened on 2 August 1969 and three months later the museum had 26 cars. The museum received the minesweeper ''USS Admiral Vosseller'' (MSB-5) on loan from the U.S. Navy in 1973. The following year it opened an exhibition about lighter-than-air aircraft. The year after that, it displayed the first Soviet space exhibit in the United States. Pate died in 1988 and, by the late 1990s, the former site of the museum was redeveloped into housing. The U.S. Air Force began removing aircraft from the collection in 2003 after their c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cresson, Texas
Cresson is a city located at the corners of Hood, Johnson, and Parker counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 377 and State Highway 171, southwest of Fort Worth. Incorporated in 2001, Cresson had a population of 741 at the 2010 census. By 2020, it had a population of 1,349. History The origin of the name has been lost to history. One book suggests the city may have been named after John Cresson, captain of a wagon train that camped in the area before the Civil War. A similar story is told that Cresson was named for an official with the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad. Cresson was at one time served by the Fort Worth and Rio Grande, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and the Nancy Hanks railroad companies. It has also been suggested that Cresson was named for Cresson, Pennsylvania, another city with a strong railroading history. Geography Cresson is situated on the border between Hood and Johnson counties, with the city limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |