[3] The North Texas noble gas production site served as the primary helium source for the United States during the 1910s and World War I.

[4] The upthrust gas leveraged the commitment for a counter-offensive deterrent in Europe opposing the Zeppelin raids as executed by the German strategic bombing during World War I.

On October 22, 1918, the United States government entered an agreement with Linde Air Products Company for the construction and operations of a helium processing plant located northwest of Fort Worth, Texas.

[5][6] The Bureau of Yards and Docks served as the architect for the structural design of the buildings and facilities housing the helium production operations.

In the early 1920s, the United States Navy constructed a dirigible balloon mooring station within 5 miles (8.0 km) of the Fort Worth helium plant.