DeWitt Clinton Pendery came to Fort Worth with a carpetbag and a dream. Almost 150 years later, his family continues to sell chili blends and spices.

I met Clint Haggerty with Pendery's Spice Company in 2015. From the start, we were working on the Ghostown Chili recipe. I sampled practically every blend of powders Pendery's had. Once we found comple- mentary powders, the team was off and running.