Who is Walton Walker? What did R.L. Thornton do? FOX 4 Traffic Anchor Chip Waggoner shared the stories of the people behind some of the major highways in the area.
We're answering more of your questions for the Good Day crew. One viewer wants to know... Who is Walton Walker? And how did some of the other freeways Chip Waggoner is always talking about get their name?Highways in and around North Texas have many different names, and many are named after people.
These days many of the people's names are better known for the highways named after them than their own exploits. FOX 4 Traffic Anchor Chip Waggoner shared the stories of the people behind a few of the major highways in the area.Walton Walker, who the western segment of Loop 12 is named afterm was a former U.S. Army General. A Belton, Texas native Walker served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. He was posthumously promoted to a four-star general in the United States Army and received two Distinguished Service Crosses for extraordinary heroism in World War II and the Korean War.
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