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2000 – Trinity Railway Express (Dallas-Fort Worth) in operation. 21st century. 2001 – Fort Worth Central Station (known as the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center until 2019) and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame opened. 2002 – LaGrave Field (stadium) and Modern Art Museum building opened.
The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it ...
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The Little City Grows. Fort Worth had become Cowtown. Meat Packing: Fort Worth’s First Great Industry. Gas and War Come to Fort Worth. The Oil Boom. Life Between Two Wars: Fort Worth Becomes the Metropolis of West Texas.
On June 6, 1849, Mexican-American War hero General William Jenkins Worth, established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River to protect settlers from Native Americans, and the fort became his namesake. In August 1849, Major Ripley S. Arnold was ordered to move Camp Worth to the north-facing bluff which overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork.
Golfer Craig Wood. 1948-09-28 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting. 1948-09-29 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins. 1949-03-02 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs.
Jun 22, 2021 · According to some, the West began somewhere between the 100th and 98th meridian of the Great American Desert and the Great Plains, but 120 miles west of Fort Worth. This amounted to forestry being the dividing line between East and West Texas — marked by a decrease in precipitation where the oak trees stop growing.
Dec 21, 2022 · Maj. Ripley Arnold was sent to an empty spot in the defensive line along the Trinity River — the bluff where Heritage Park sits today. In May 1849, Ripley raised “ Old Glory ” and began constructing Fort Worth, named after the late Maj. Gen. William Jenkins Worth, veteran of the Texas-Mexico War. Off to the races.
