Mr Maddox and brothers owned a livery, ice and dairy companies. He was appointed the first park commisioner for Ft Worth in 1907. He help bring the stockyards to Ft. Worth and developed a residential addition in N. Ft Worth. Maddox Park is located at 2414 Gould Ave, a small 2 house lot size residential park. The original park and the dairy are now a residential addition.

Found by Jess Smyers 01/08 in Denton Texas. Nice unlisted dairy token.

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Red Rover, the name of a children's game, may have originated with J. Fenimore Coopers famous book in 1828 about a pirate captain. A steamship on a river in Tenn. was also named after Red Rover the same year. In 1859 a side wheeler river boat was built in Missouri and given the name Red Rover. The Confederates purchased the ship at the beginning of the civil war. The CSS Red Rover was capture on the Mississippi River after being damaged in a battle at Island Number 10. The Union Army repaired and refitted the Red Rover as the first US hospital ship. The USS Red Rover crew was complemented with a number of African Americans, Nuns, and Women which was a note worthy event in the US Army's history. The ship served both the Union and Confederate wounded. The Red Rover is listed in the 1905 Dunn business directory as a saloon in Ft Worth. Mr. Robert B. Calhoun proprietor. Mr. Calhoun also issued an aluminum octagon 12-1/2c token. Saloons were often given popular theme names of the times. Token discovered by Carlton 01/08

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J.S. MURCHISON , JOHN SMITH MURCHISON, A DRUGEST IN CORSICANA 1900- ?. JOHN S. MURCHISON 1903 DUNN & 1914 BRADSTREET DRUGGIST. Born near Crockett June 28 1878. Came to Corsicana 1900 as a druggist. served as Alderman, Commissioner, Mayor, State Director of Public Welfare in Austin, returned to Corsicana in 1943 served on war ration board. He died in Oct. 14 1961. FOUND by Billy Shivers in Manning Tx, 01/08

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Jim Hosapple ran a saloon in Gainesville Texas from 1884 to 1897. The building the saloon operated in is registered with the State Historical Preservation as Hosapple/Levine building. The token was found on the "Bluff" in Ft Worth by George Retos. FOUND 12/07

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Cassidy was a leading citizen of Texarkana, Confederate soldier, Father, Church supporter and proprietor of the Cotton Exchange saloon. Records indicate he was in the saloon business with various partners and locations in Texarkana from the mid 1880s to about 1915. Token was detected in Paris TX  by David Glover. Saloon tokens from East Texas or rare and very few turn up. This token was previously unknown. There is a cardboard token from one of Cassidys saloons that is listed. Nice find!

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This token was  found by a detectorist in Ft Worth. The token matches in style the token below. Although it to is a maverick, the discovery of two tokens from the same town with the same styles solidly attributes the token to the Ft Worth Farmers saloon. Another piece of history reclaimed from the past for the future!



"Farmers Saloon" was a very popular name in the early years of Texas saloon era. Many of the county seats had a variety of saloons catering to a certain clientele. The farmers would bring their produce to market for sell and then spend some of the proceeds on a drink while catching up on the news from other local farmers. This style token dates to the early 1880's. The token is considered a "Maverick" because it doesn't have a "home", meaning no state and city  is listed on the token.   Still a nice discovery!



The Gulf token was recovered at the old Gulf townsite by Jim Lawhon of Leander Texas. Gulf was a company town develope for recovering sulpher. The townsite was located in Matagorda county 16 miles south of Bay City. Today Gulf is another Texas ghost town. Some old foundations and a few tokens is the only tangible memories.

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William A. Wade operated the Arlington saloon in 1907 at 102 W. Weatherford St. The token is in pretty good shape for being in the ground a 100 years! This token was previously unknown. Fort Worth had over a hundred saloons in operation during this time period. Another bit of history unearth! FOUND 02/06

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David Glover turned up an unlisted token from Mount Pleasant Texas. E.I.Lazarus was a grocer. The business is listed in 1906 and 1914 directories. Research indicates that the "load token" my have been credit given to the farmer for a wagon load of cotton, wheat or other produce. The "load token" would then be exchanged for merchandise at the store. Nice Token Find! FOUND 01/06

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Carlton a Ft Worth detectorist recovered this interesting token. The area where the token was found dates back to the late 1890's. Searching for Edgewood located numerous possibilities in nearly every state. One location closes to the recovered token is Edgewood Texas in Van Zandt county. The token is good for one drink indicating it was a saloon token. No indication of a saloon has been found for Edgewood TX. Inquires are being made to the Edgewood historical society. An early phone exchange in Dallas used Edgewood and may indicate and area known as Edgewood neighborhood. Finding this mavericks home has been an interesting search. You never know where the next historical discovery will lead you! FOUND 08/05

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Hereford is the only town listed from Deaf Smith county. Buffalo lake, once headquarters of the XIT  ranch, is just east of Hereford. There are only six tokens from 5 different merchants known from Hereford including this token. Tokens from this west Texas county are very hard to acquire.  This previously unlisted piece was discovered by Karen Durocher at a garage sale in Houston and acquired for 25¢.    FOUND 06/03/05

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An unlisted Fort Worth maverick. Meyer & Kuhn was first listed in 1890 as proprietors of the Tivoli Hall saloon. The name was used to evoke the images of the famous Tivoli Hall of Denmark giving the saloon illusions of a prestigious establishment.



Boyd & Moon are listed as Saloon Proprietors in the 1897 Dun but by 1902 only Boyd remained. Boyd was in business at least through 1911. This token was dug by Dale Sparkman in Luling Texas on May 4th, 2005



Found by David Glover a metal detectorist . Soil action has taken its toll on this token but a new listing was added to the known Texas token records! Sadly many tokens are being recovered that their origin can no longer be determined. Their historical record returning to dust. Hopefully many more will be discovered and recorded before the next 100 years forever erases their existence!



A new listing to add to the Ingle tokens from a Ft Worth grocer. Grisby was located on 29th and Refugio in North Ft Worth. This token is dated the same year that Ft Worth annexed North Ft Worth. Nice token of the rarer $1 denomination. A 5¢, 10¢, and now a 1$ token is known.



A new discovery of an unlisted cigar stand token from the Metropolitan Hotel on Main St in Ft Worth.




A very early token from the wild west days of Ft Worth. This token is dated circa 1877. Check out the other Comique token under the "Link to Other Sites" Trade Token Tales.



A nice Chase and Sanborn coffee token. Discovered recently by a metal detectorist.


eBay discovery of a maverick Ingle token attributed to North Fort Worth. Mr Taseff serviced the immigrant neighborhood east of Main St in the residential stockyards area of North Ft Worth. Ingle records and city directories indicated this was a combination saloon, pool hall, and grocery store. A one cent Ingel token is also known from Mr Taseff establishments. The store was backed up to Marine creek and had an unobstructed view north across the creek to the Stockyards and Exchange St buildings. The workers walking home from work probably came in the back door. Not much is left of the business corner where the store was located. The road has been barracaded. Vacant buildings of a later era now stand on the location.


The new discovery of the only known "Saloon" token from Denton County. Very little information is available about the proprietors. Token was located in Ft Worth by a detectorist.


A very interesting discovery of a unlisted Ghost Town saloon token. Frank Longfield is listed in the saloon business 1882 - 1884. The saloon was located in the town of Senterfitt in Lampasas county Texas. The cattle trail town of Senterfitt was so wild that when the railroad came through a few miles away in 1886 the whole town, buildings and all, moved but swore they would not open any saloons in the new town of Lomita. Mr. Longfield deeded the 200 acres of land that Lomita and the railroad occupied. The token looks as rough as the town it came from!


This token was detected in Ft Worth and lead to an  interesting research trail. The famous New Orleans Camp St quickly became the most likely location for this maverick token. New Orleans is noted for bringing the French opera to America about 1804. The 20 cent denomination was used in the opera business because of the French 20 centime coin's early influence. The 20 cent value of this token was probably good for the regular seats . Balcony and front rows were 30 cents and cheap seats in the back a dime. After many hours of research no Camp St Opera could be associated with New Orleans. A token researcher located an inquiry on a genealogical site that mentioned a Camp St Opera House in Dallas. This Opera House was probably the "leg" opera variety! Checking old maps, I discovered that there use to be a Camp St that changed names to San Jacinto St in Dallas. The time period of the opera was also the same as the estimated tokens age. Exchange of information with the genealogical inquirer lead to Augustus Wood as the proprietor. Mr. Wood also ran a theater in Ft Worth where the token was found!