Tarrant County Tuesday
At the ripe age of 13, Fort Worth’s Alexander Steed started a pressure-washing company to help earn extra cash. But no one is more surprised than Alexander himself that Steed Pressuring Washing has grown into a legitimate job four years later. How it All Began A few years ago, Alexander and his father were discussing…
Our quest for holiday-themed streets in Tarrant County takes us to a home that Santa might not leave after he finishes delivering the goodies to the boys and girls. This spectacular home on Merrymount Road is in the prestigious neighborhood of Westover Hills. And when we say “prestigious” we mean the crème de la crème…
A few weeks ago we featured the home at 408 E. Oak Street in the popular town (don’t call it a suburb of Fort Worth!) of Aledo. We were impressed because it was a beautiful, functional, and well-located home in Aledo for less than $350,000 — something that we rarely see in real estate these…
Today’s Tarrant County Tuesday takes us West to an enchanted stretch of S. FM 4 called Lone Camp in Palo Pinto County. This might be the most challenging article I’ve written in the eight years with CandysDirt.com. (Yeah, Candy, where’s my anniversary gift?) This is a story of a property that doesn’t fit cleanly in…
Twenty miles from downtown Fort Worth is the town of Aledo, Texas. Established in 1880 as the Parker Post Office, the name was changed to Aledo most likely after Aledo, Illinois. The entire town is roughly two square miles in size. Being relatively close to Fort Worth, Aledo experienced rapid growth in the 1990s when…
