Top O’ Hill Terrace; transforming from a casino to a religious institution. by ambulorbis

View this thread on steempeak.com
· @ambulorbis ·
$21.67
Top O’ Hill Terrace; transforming from a casino to a religious institution.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Cows_in_field%2C_Top_O%27_Th%27_Hill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_554202.jpg
michael ely / Cows in field, Top O' Th' Hill

If you are a history fanatic and a resident of Arlington, Texas and are intrigued to learn what has happened in your own backyard in the era which prohibited gambling, drinking, and prostitution, make a must visit the Top O’ Hill Terrace. 

So let us now look at the history behind the gambling and drinking spot and how it turned in to a religious institution:

The tourist will only get the gist of this place if they get to know an interesting and engaging history of the place through a tour guide. So, in the early 1920s, the land alongside Bankhead Highway, upon which the Top O Hill is constructed was purchased by Adams Marshall. In its early opening, the place housed tea houses and hosted dinners to the Dallas and Fort Worth customers. A few years later in the late 1920s, Fred browning bough the existing property that housed tea houses and transformed the place into a casino by altering all its existing amenities. Within the casino, the owner also included a secret passage and tunnel that led to a secret room where the gambling accouterments can be hidden at times of raid and surveillance by the police forces.

Throughout times, the Top O Hill spot has not only attracted gamblers but also visitors who are not aware of the ABC of the gaming activities that take place in the casino. The dining place that was the originally existed alongside the tea garden is still present today and was the legal business at that time on which a brothel and casino operated. Furthermore, other amenities of the Top O hill spot include a horse outhouse and a private stable where the most prized possession of Browning, the Royal Ford was kept that the property owner had bought from W.T Waggoner.

When the Top O Hill gambling spot was swaying in its halcyon days, the major challenge and opposition to its gaming activities came from the church and specifically from the Frank Norris who was the Baptist of the first ever Baptist Church in Fort Worth region. The Baptist Norris laid out the series of conservative propagations against the activities of the Top O Hill spot and became a passionate supporter of the prohibition and restriction of immoral activities that commenced from the spot.

His conservative ideologies and principles succeeded in the end when in 1947, a compelling raid was propagated by Ranger Captain of Texas who caught the full swing of gambling activities red-handed. After that, the Baptist Church bought the property and turned in a place for a productive purpose and constructed the educational and religious institution.


ambulorbis is a team of writers who want to walk the world and experience everything this amazing blue marble has to offer. If you'd like to support our efforts leave an upvote! Keep calm and steem on.

Today's author is Julianne.

All media are open source.
👍  , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and 183 others
properties (23)
post_id64,267,784
authorambulorbis
permlinktop-o-hill-terrace-transforming-from-a-casino-to-a-religious-institution
categoryambulorbis
json_metadata{"app":"steempeak","tags":["ambulorbis"],"format":"markdown","community":"steempeak","links":["https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/99\/Cows_in_field%2C_Top_O%27_Th%27_Hill_-"]}
created2018-10-15 04:00:51
last_update2018-10-15 04:00:51
depth0
children2
net_rshares16,754,109,827,523
last_payout2018-10-22 04:00:51
cashout_time1969-12-31 23:59:59
total_payout_value16.387 SBD
curator_payout_value5.287 SBD
pending_payout_value0.000 SBD
promoted0.000 SBD
body_length2,984
author_reputation105,519,647,889,024
root_title"Top O’ Hill Terrace; transforming from a casino to a religious institution."
beneficiaries[]
max_accepted_payout1,000,000.000 SBD
percent_steem_dollars10,000
author_curate_reward""
vote details (247)
@tts ·
To listen to the audio version of this article click on the play image.
[![](https://s18.postimg.org/51o0kpijd/play200x46.png)](http://ec2-52-72-169-104.compute-1.amazonaws.com/ambulorbis__top-o-hill-terrace-transforming-from-a-casino-to-a-religious-institution.mp3)
Brought to you by [@tts](https://steemit.com/tts/@tts/introduction). If you find it useful please consider upvoting this reply.
properties (22)
post_id64,270,126
authortts
permlinkre-top-o-hill-terrace-transforming-from-a-casino-to-a-religious-institution-20181015t050207
categoryambulorbis
json_metadata{}
created2018-10-15 05:02:06
last_update2018-10-15 05:02:06
depth1
children0
net_rshares0
last_payout2018-10-22 05:02:06
cashout_time1969-12-31 23:59:59
total_payout_value0.000 SBD
curator_payout_value0.000 SBD
pending_payout_value0.000 SBD
promoted0.000 SBD
body_length394
author_reputation-4,535,933,372,579
root_title"Top O’ Hill Terrace; transforming from a casino to a religious institution."
beneficiaries[]
max_accepted_payout1,000,000.000 SBD
percent_steem_dollars10,000
@steemitboard ·
Congratulations @ambulorbis! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

[![](https://steemitimages.com/70x80/http://steemitboard.com/notifications/posts.png)](http://steemitboard.com/@ambulorbis) Award for the number of posts published
[![](https://steemitimages.com/70x70/http://steemitboard.com/notifications/postallweek.png)](http://steemitboard.com/@ambulorbis) You published a post every day of the week

<sub>_Click on the badge to view your Board of Honor._</sub>
<sub>_If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word_ `STOP`</sub>



**Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:**
<table><tr><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/steemitboard-ranking-update-steem-power-followers-and-following-added"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/64x128/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfRVpHQhLDhnjDtqck8GPv9NPvNKPfMsDaAFDE1D9Er2Z/header_ranking.png"></a></td><td><a href="https://steemit.com/steemitboard/@steemitboard/steemitboard-ranking-update-steem-power-followers-and-following-added">SteemitBoard Ranking update - Steem Power, Followers and Following added</a></td></tr></table>

> Support [SteemitBoard's project](https://steemit.com/@steemitboard)! **[Vote for its witness](https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1)** and **get one more award**!
properties (22)
post_id64,271,242
authorsteemitboard
permlinksteemitboard-notify-ambulorbis-20181015t053032000z
categoryambulorbis
json_metadata{"image":["https:\/\/steemitboard.com\/img\/notify.png"]}
created2018-10-15 05:30:30
last_update2018-10-15 05:30:30
depth1
children0
net_rshares0
last_payout2018-10-22 05:30:30
cashout_time1969-12-31 23:59:59
total_payout_value0.000 SBD
curator_payout_value0.000 SBD
pending_payout_value0.000 SBD
promoted0.000 SBD
body_length1,428
author_reputation38,705,954,145,809
root_title"Top O’ Hill Terrace; transforming from a casino to a religious institution."
beneficiaries[]
max_accepted_payout1,000,000.000 SBD
percent_steem_dollars10,000