Photo Gallery: Lake Como History Honored By New Art Piece

Arlington TX

06 December, 2021

9:29 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report December 6, 2021 A new monument commemorates the history of the Lake Como neighborhood and the man who helped create it. The "Do Something Good For Your Neighbor" sculpture by Fort Worth Public Art honors William H. Wilburn, the founder of Lake Como Weekly. Wilburn's granddaughter, Lue Cynthia Wilburn Bethea, remembers her grandfather would wake her in the middle of the night to keep the weekly afloat. "We had to fold them papers. We would go out the next day and then we had to sell them," she said. "I just remember so many good things about him. He was a man of the community and a man of the family," she added. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.