| Cultural District Virtual Tour | |
| No tour of Fort Worth's cultural
district could be complete without including
Electra
Waggoner Biggs' rendition of Will Rogers "Riding into
the Sunset" on his favorite horse Soapsuds. It was the
friendship between this famous comedian/philosopher and
Amon G. Carter that resulted in this area being named the
Will Rogers Memorial Complex. This work was commissioned
by Mr. Carter and dedicated in a ceremony presided over
by president Eisenhower. Margaret Truman sang
"Home on the Range" during the dedication. Although not
from Fort Worth, Will Rogers
was much admired throughout America's West and Fort Worth is
after all, "Where the west begins". As a side note: Electra Waggoner Biggs was the namesake of the Buick Electra. More information about the Waggoner Family can be found on the homepage of the W. T. Waggoner Ranch There is a Historical Marker at the foot of the tree the statue faces and another marker under a tree near the east end of the same lawn. | |
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