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Article: FORT WORTH FINDS STRENGTH, FUTURE IN COWTOWN HERITAGE
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- February 7, 1987
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FORT WORTH - Steve Fisher is not a regular reader
of W, the international fashion and society publication, so he was
unaware that it recently included Fort Worth in its much-followed
annual list of ``In'' places, people and things.
He was not overly dazzled when informed of the honor.
``In where?'' asked Fisher, who sells used cars at Cowtown
Motors here.
It's a good question. But trendiness can work in strange ways.
Fort Worth missed most of the economic and public relations benefits
of the Texas boom, but while the rest of the state has cooled off,
these are relatively heady times in a town that traditionally has
been content to go by the nickname of Cowtown.
It has acquired ...