Amon Carter and Fort Worth…. By all accounts, the late Amon Carter Sr. was the “real deal.” This icon--founder of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1906--was a “mover and shaker” who would gain wide renown. Never one to sit back and watch, his “MO” was to dive in and deal. He was to Fort Worth and Texas what the energizer bunny is to battery-powered devices, this major player in “all things Fort Worth” for more than 40 years. His newspaper had the largest circulation in ...