Frank X. Tolbert

Frank X. Tolbert

Frank X. Tolbert (1912-1984) was a Texas historian and newspaper columnist. Among his books of history are "Neiman-Marcus, Texas" (1953), "The Day of San Jacinto" (1959), and "Dick Dowling at Sabine Pass" (1962). For the Dallas Morning News, he wrote a local history column called "Tolbert's Texas" that ran for decades.

He was also a great connoisseur of food, wrote a history of chili con carne called "A Bowl of Red" (1962), and ran a chili restaurant in Dallas called "Tolbert's". He was one of the founders, with Wick Fowler, of the World Chili Championships held annually in Terlingua, Texas, which subsequently were named for them.

He died at age 72. His son, Frank X. Tolbert II, is an artist. His daughter, Kathleen Tolbert Ryan re-opened a Tolbert's Restaurant in May 2006 and it is located on Main Street in Grapevine, Texas

He collected and read over 1000 books.


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