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Founded in 1849 by Major Ripley Allen Arnold as a military outpost against Comanche raids, it was named for Major General William Jenkins Worth, commander of U.S. troops in Texas at the time. After the army left in 1853, settlers around the fort moved into its buildings. The community began to expand in 1856 when, by popular vote, it displaced neighbouring Birdville (now a part of suburban Haltom City) as the county seat. The actual transfer of county offices to Fort Worth took place in 1860.
A stopover point for longhorn cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail in the early 1870s, Fort Worth became a cattle-shipping boomtown (often called Cowtown) after the arrival in 1876 of the Texas and Pacific Railway. Fort Worth subsequently became the meat-packing centre of the American Southwest. Oil finds caused the development of the petroleum-refining industry in the 1920s, and during World War II aircraft manufacturing began there.
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- 1849 - June 6 – Fort Worth, Texas, is founded.
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June 6, 1849 - 1895 - Fort Worth
Fort Worth, a post-village, capital of Tarrant co., Tex., on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 32 miles by rail W. of Dallas. It has 19 churches, 7 ...Read MORE... 
1897 - THE WORK OF LIGHTNING
Latest Particulars of the Death of Charlie Howell
Charlie Norvell was a young man between 17 and 18 years of age. He was a farmer and trader and...Read MORE...- February 12, 1899 - Texas and the eastern plains experienced their coldest morning of modern record. The mercury dipped to 8 degrees below zero at Fort Worth TX.
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Hotel Touraine, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Fort Worth, Texas. City Park Dam.
Postcard- 1901 - Big Fire Yesterday. The Department Had Hard Work To Do Before Breakfast. Beautiful Depot Burned.
Santa Fe-Central Station Badly Damaged.
Business Is Going On As Usual.
Roof Burned Off of Main Building, But Walls and Side Rooms are intact-Fire...Read MORE... - 1903 - Dear Miss Fairfax
Dear Miss Fairfax: – I am a young girl nineteen years old and met a young man of about twenty-two years old, six months ago, and had been keeping...Read MORE... 
Lake Erie, in the good old summer time, Fort Worth, Tex. (train to Lake Erie)
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Texas & Pacific Passenger Station
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Hoxie Building, 1909
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First National Bank Bldg., 1910
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Federal Building, 1910
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Henderson Street, 1910
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St. Ignatius Academy
Postcard- 1912 - Tot, 5, Buried When Church Ceiling Falls, Is Unhurt - Other Wedding Guests Injured in Accident Resting Well.
Of a dozen wedding guests injured by the collapse of the vestibule ceiling at the Broadway Baptist Church Tuesday night, just after the wedding of...Read MORE... 
Masonic Temple
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Fort Worth, a city, capital of Tarrant co., Tex., on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 30 miles W. of Dallas, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,...Read MORE... 
Main Street, 1917
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Partial View of Business Section
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First Christian Church
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Skyline, featuring: Neil P. Anderson Bldg., Electric Bldg., Worth Hotel, Fair Bldg., Petroleum Bldg., W. T. Waggoner Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Sinclair Bldg., Fort Worth National Bank, Trinity Life Insurance Bldg., Texas Hotel
Postcard- 1922 - March 2 - WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
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Looking East Down 7th Street Canyon, Fort Worth, Texas
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United States Court House
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City Hall
Postcard- 1949 - March 2 - Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
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West Freeway and Skyline of Fort Worth, Texas
Postcard- January 16, 1964 - Fort Worth, TX, received 7.5 inches of snow, and Dallas reported a foot of snow.
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Hotel Touraine, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Fort Worth, Texas. City Park Dam.
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Lake Erie, in the good old summer time, Fort Worth, Tex. (train to Lake Erie)
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Texas & Pacific Passenger Station
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Hoxie Building, 1909
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First National Bank Bldg., 1910
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Federal Building, 1910
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Henderson Street, 1910
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St. Ignatius Academy
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Masonic Temple
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Main Street, 1917
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Partial View of Business Section
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First Christian Church
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Skyline, featuring: Neil P. Anderson Bldg., Electric Bldg., Worth Hotel, Fair Bldg., Petroleum Bldg., W. T. Waggoner Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Sinclair Bldg., Fort Worth National Bank, Trinity Life Insurance Bldg., Texas Hotel
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Looking East Down 7th Street Canyon, Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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United States Court House
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City Hall
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West Freeway and Skyline of Fort Worth, Texas
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1849 - June 6 – Fort Worth, Texas, is founded.
wikipedia.org
June 6, 1849
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1895 - Fort Worth
Fort Worth, a post-village, capital of Tarrant co., Tex., on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 32 miles by rail W. of Dallas. It has 19 churches, 7 ... Read MORE...
1897 - THE WORK OF LIGHTNING
Latest Particulars of the Death of Charlie Howell
Charlie Norvell was a young man between 17 and 18 years of age. He was a farmer and trader and... Read MORE...
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February 12, 1899 - Texas and the eastern plains experienced their coldest morning of modern record. The mercury dipped to 8 degrees below zero at Fort Worth TX.
WeatherForYou.com
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1901 - Big Fire Yesterday. The Department Had Hard Work To Do Before Breakfast. Beautiful Depot Burned.
Santa Fe-Central Station Badly Damaged.
Business Is Going On As Usual.
Roof Burned Off of Main Building, But Walls and Side Rooms are intact-Fire... Read MORE...
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1903 - Dear Miss Fairfax
Dear Miss Fairfax: – I am a young girl nineteen years old and met a young man of about twenty-two years old, six months ago, and had been keeping... Read MORE...
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1912 - Tot, 5, Buried When Church Ceiling Falls, Is Unhurt - Other Wedding Guests Injured in Accident Resting Well.
Of a dozen wedding guests injured by the collapse of the vestibule ceiling at the Broadway Baptist Church Tuesday night, just after the wedding of... Read MORE...
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Fort Worth, a city, capital of Tarrant co., Tex., on the West Fork of the Trinity River, 30 miles W. of Dallas, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,... Read MORE...
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1922 - March 2 - WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
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1949 - March 2 - Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
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January 16, 1964 - Fort Worth, TX, received 7.5 inches of snow, and Dallas reported a foot of snow.
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