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    Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection

    Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection, 1915-2019

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    Ed Parker's Boat, Ray Wyatt and Skeet Haltom over cabin, February 1938

    Ray Wyatt and E.P. "Skinny" Haltom on board Ed Parker's Chris Craft, February 1938

    Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection

    The documents in this collection come mostly from George Q. McGown Jr., his son Grey McGown and grandson G. Quentin McGown IV, who were also active in the Fort Worth Boat Club (FWBC). In addition to donors from the McGown Family – G. Quentin McGown IV, Grey McGown, and Laura McGown -- other past and present members of the FWBC have added to the collection, including Karen Duay Smith, the first woman Commodore, and Edwin Johnston Youngblood, who served as Racing Fleet Captain for a number of years. View fully scanned Fort Worth Boat Club scrapbooks. View the Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family image gallery of photographs.

    The Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection, 1915-2019, spans 48 boxes and 30 linear feet.

    Preferred Citation

    Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection, Tarrant County Archives

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