One of the attendees was powerful financier and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., Jesse Jones. Returning from a fishing expedition in the Gulf of Mexico in May 1937, FDR stayed at the Dutch Branch Ranch where Elliott hosted a barbecue for cattlemen. He was, of course, squired around by Star-Telegram publisher Amon Carter - a situation which probably included a great deal of mutual flattery.Įven though some of the president’s trips didn’t involve speeches, they were strategically arranged. As part of his remarks during a mid-June 1936 trip, he noted that, “you know, I have a particular stake in Fort Worth.” Roosevelt was running for re-election as president, so observing the construction of public expositions like the Frontier Centennial were also high on his list.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visits were more public and political - as were the ones the couple made together.
Ruth and Elliott Roosevelt standing on the front porch of their Dutch Branch Ranch home with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, right. In fact, Elliott was actually headed to Nevada so he could establish residency and obtain a quickie divorce from his first wife, Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt. Eager civic leaders had heard he was headed to Arizona to study “ranch life” and thought they might introduce him to opportunities in the Fort Worth area. The story begins on March 11, 1933, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s son, Elliott, made a last minute stop in Fort Worth. The presence of members of the Roosevelt family in Fort Worth during the 1930s and early 1940s had a lasting effect on the city. Sadly, it has never been definitively determined whether the tasty plate was named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt or his son Elliott (who was a frequent visitor at the restaurant). (It was announced in March that the Camp Bowie location of the restaurant - the first of two in the city - would close but that was later delayed).Īlthough the name of the plate containing an enchilada, a taco, and a chalupa topped with guacamole doesn’t appear in the Star-Telegram until the 1970s, it’s a great marketing gimmick. The number of Roosevelt Specials served at the Original Mexican Eats Cafe on Camp Bowie Boulevard likely increased over the past few months when residents of Fort Worth thought they were about to savor the last ones available at that location.
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