Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
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- 1843 - The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several Indian tribes was signed at Bird's Fort in present-day Haltom City, Texas. Article XI of the treaty provided that no one may “pass the line of trading houses” (at the border of the Indians’ territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the Indians’ territory. In November, these "trading houses" were established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present-day Fort Worth.[1]
- 1849 - US Army Department of Texas's "Camp Worth" was founded at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork as the northernmost of a system of forts for protecting the American Frontier following the end of the Mexican-American War.[1][2][3]
- 1855 - Masonic Hall built.[4]
- 1856 - Fort Worth becomes seat of Tarrant County.[4]
- 1873
- Fort Worth incorporated.[5]
- Fort Worth Fire Department established.[6]
- 1874 - Dallas-Fort Worth telegraph begins operating.[7]
- 1876 - Texas and Pacific Railway begins operating.[7]
- 1882 - Public school established.[4]
- 1883 - First National Bank of Fort Worth established.[8]
- 1888 - Fort Worth Cats baseball team formed.
- 1889
- Texas Spring Palace ("hall built of grain") opens.[7]
- New Trinity Cemetery established.[7]
- 1890
- Fort Worth Union Stockyards begin operating.
- Polytechnic College founded.[5]
- 1895 - Tarrant County Courthouse built.
- 1896 - Fort Worth Fat Stock Show (livestock exhibit) begins.
- 1898 - Bohemian literary club formed.[9]
20th century
- 1901 - Carnegie Public Library opens.[10]
- 1903 - Armour and Swift meatpacking plants begin operating.[11]
- 1907
- Young Women’s Christian Association established.[8]
- Fire Station #1 built.[6]
- 1908 - Cowtown Coliseum built.
- 1909
- "Fire destroys 20 blocks in Fort Worth."[3]
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in publication.[12]
- Fort Worth Zoo[13] and Greenwood Memorial Park (cemetery) established.
- 1910
- Texas Christian University relocates to city.[5]
- Population: 73,312.[14]
- 1912
- Oil discovered in vicinity of Fort Worth (at Burkburnett).[5]
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary opens.[5]
- 1914 - Lake Worth (reservoir) and Allen Chapel AME Church built.
- 1920 - Population: 106,482.[14]
- 1922 - Niles City becomes part of Fort Worth.[7]
- 1926 - Woolworth Building constructed.
- 1929 - Blackstone Hotel built.[6]
- 1930
- Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Z Boaz municipal golf course[15] open.
- Population: 163,447.[14]
- 1933
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden established.[16]
- US Post Office built.[5]
- 1934 - Texas Wesleyan College established.
- 1936 - US mental health hospital/farm opens on outskirts of city.[5][6]
- 1939 - City Hall built.[5]
- 1940
- Lake Como Weekly newspaper begins publication.[9]
- Population: 177,662.[14]
- 1942 - US Army Tarrant Field and Consolidated Vultee Aircraft plant[17] begin operating.
- 1945 - Fort Worth Children's Museum opens.
- 1946 - Fort Worth Civic Opera Association and All Saints’ Episcopal Church congregation[8] established.
- 1948 - Tarrant County Historical Society established.[8]
- 1950
- Cowtown Drive-In cinema opens.[18]
- Population: 278,778.[14]
- 1954 - Fort Worth Art Museum opens.[7]
- 1957 - Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike and American Airlines Stewardess College[19] open.
- 1958 - Casa Mañana theatre rebuilt.[8]
- 1960 - Population: 356,268.[14]
- 1961 - Amon Carter Museum of American Art opens.[7]
- 1962
- Van Cliburn International Piano Competition begins.[7]
- Miss Texas Pageant (beauty contest) relocates to city.[8]
- 1964 - Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union formed.[20]
- 1968 - Fort Worth Museum of Science and History active.
- 1969
- Alleged Lake Worth Monster spotted.
- Historic Fort Worth nonprofit established.[21]
- 1970 - Population: 393,476.[14]
- 1972 - Kimbell Art Museum opens.[7]
- 1973
- Dallas/Fort Worth Airport begins operating.[7]
- Fort Worth Japanese Garden built.
- 1975 - Fort Worth Water Gardens (fountain) built.[7]
- 1977 - Tarrant County Black Historical & Genealogical Society founded.[7]
- 1978
- 1980 - Population: 385,164.[14]
- 1981 - Billy Bob's Texas nightclub in business.[23]
- 1982 - Tarrant Area Food Bank founded.[24]
- 1983 - June 14: Hotel fire.[26]
- 1990 - Population: 447,619.[14]
- 1991
- AMC Sundance cinema in business.[6]
- Kay Granger becomes mayor.
- 1992 - Courthouse shooting.[27]
- 1994
- US Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in operation.
- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame relocates to city.
- 1997 - Kay Granger becomes becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district.[28][29]
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[30]
- 1999
- September 15: Shooting at Wedgwood Baptist church.[31]
- Bass Performance Hall opens.[7]
21st century
- 2000 - Trinity Railway Express (Dallas-Fort Worth) in operation.[7]
- 2001 - Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame open.
- 2002 - LaGrave Field (stadium) and Modern Art Museum building open.
- 2010 - Population: 741,206 city; 6,371,773 metro;[32] 19,728,244 megaregion.[33]
- 2011 - Betsy Price becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Fort Worth Vaqueros FC (soccer club) formed.
See also
- History of Fort Worth, Texas
- List of mayors of Fort Worth, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas
- Timeline of Texas
- Other cities in Texas
- Timeline of Arlington, Texas
- Timeline of Austin, Texas
- Timeline of Brownsville, Texas
- Timeline of Corpus Christi
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of El Paso, Texas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of Laredo, Texas
- Timeline of Lubbock, Texas
- Timeline of San Antonio
- Timeline of Waco, Texas
References
- 1 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=T0q_bI8_gbAC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22
- ↑ http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/forts/military.html
- 1 2 Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Chronology", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Internet Archive
- 1 2 3 Talbert 1956.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Federal Writers' Project 1940: "Fort Worth"
- 1 2 3 4 5 Fort Worth Library. "Fort Worth History Fugitive Facts (database)". City of Fort Worth. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Roark 2003: "Timeline"
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fort Worth Library. "Archival Collection". City of Fort Worth. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- 1 2 "Fort Worth Library Digital Archives". City of Fort Worth. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "History of the Fort Worth Library (timeline)". City of Fort Worth. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Rich 2014.
- ↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "Saying Goodbye to the Local Muni", Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2012
- ↑ "Garden Search: United States of America: Texas". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Melosi 1983.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Fort Worth, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Property History". American Airlines Training & Conference Center. Dolce Hotels and Resorts. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ University of Texas Libraries. "Fort Worth (Tex).". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Texas". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ Roger L. Kemp, ed. (2004). "Fort Worth". Cities and the Arts: A Handbook for Renewal. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2007-0.
- 1 2 New York Times 2007.
- 1 2 Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Fort Worth, Texas". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association
- ↑ "5 are killed and 33 injured in hotel fire at Fort Worth", New York Times, June 15, 1983
- ↑ "Gunman Kills 2 Men and Injures 3 In Rampage at Texas Courthouse", New York Times, July 2, 1992
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 106th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1999.
- ↑ "City of Fort Worth Home Page". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Gunman Kills 7, and Himself, At Baptist Church in Fort Worth", New York Times, September 16, 1999
- ↑ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
- ↑ "Megaregions: Texas Triangle". America 2050. USA: Regional Plan Association. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Bibliography
- History and Directory of Fort Worth ... Colored Businesses, Societies, Clubs, Churches, etc. J.A. Hamilton. 1907.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Fort Worth", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via HathiTrust
- Texas Writers' Project (1941), "Chronology (draft)", Research Data: Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas, 72 – via Fort Worth Library Digital Archive
- Oliver Knight (1953). Fort Worth: Outpost on the Trinity. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-87565-077-7.
- Robert Harris Talbert (1956). Cowtown Metropolis: Case Study of a City's Growth and Structure. Leo Potishman Foundation, Texas Christian University – via Hathi Trust. (fulltext)
- Martin V. Melosi (1983). "Dallas-Fort Worth: marketing and metroplex". In Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice. Sunbelt Cities: Politics and Growth since World War II. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-76982-3.
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Fort Worth, Texas", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
- Carol E. Roark, ed. (2003). Fort Worth & Tarrant County: An Historical Guide. Fort Worth, TX: Tarrant County Historical Society and TCU Press. ISBN 978-0-87565-279-5.
- "Fort Worth, With a Cowboy Past, Has an Artistic Present", New York Times, April 6, 2007
- David Goldfield, ed. (2007). "Fort Worth, Texas". Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
- Harold Rich (2014). Fort Worth: Outpost, Cowtown, Boomtown. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-4718-5.
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- "Fort Worth". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
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