Fort Worth & North Texas

Almost from the time I moved to Texas in 1964 and certainly from the time I moved to the Fort Worth area in 1971, I have read Texas history and collected odds and ends picked up during my travels across the state. About ten years ago when I started up my antique book and map business under the name Electric Books, I became more serious about collecting. Like all beginners, I tried to do too much. Over the years as I gained experience I began specializing in Texas maps, paper & ephemera leaving most books to other dealers. Collections of this type are generally known as Texiana.

As I bought and sold antique maps and developed the Electric Books collection, additional items that struck my fancy fell into the storage bins labeled Fort Worth & North Texas. Trinkets, post cards, views, specialty items, small maps, brochures, posters, old paper and just junk accumulated. Some of these items have become a little scarce and many of them are just fun to look at once in awhile.

When I acquired the domains www.FoatWuth.com & www.FoatWurth.com some time ago it was with the intent to have a place to share some of these items with others that appreciate the history, the landscape and the unique & friendly style of Fort Worth and the North Texas area. That’s what this web site is all about..

Thanks for looking…

Pete Charlton

More Background

More information and details on purchasing the maps is available at www.lectricbooks.com