Fort Worth is the 15th largest city in the United States and the fifth largest city in the state of Texas. It is located in North Texas. It is the center of Tarrant County government, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2 ) to four other districts: Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise. According to the 2017 census estimate, the Fort Worth population is 874,168. The city is the second largest in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area ("DFW Metroplex"), the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
The city was founded in 1849 as an outpost of soldiers on a cliff overlooking the Trinity River. Today, Fort Worth still embraces Western heritage and its traditional architecture and design. USSÃ, Fort Worth (LCS-3) is the first US Navy ship named after the city.
Fort Worth is home to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and several world-class museums designed by internationally renowned contemporary architects. The Kimbell Art Museum, considered one of the best collections in Texas, is housed in what is widely regarded as one of the country's leading modern architectural works, designed by Louis Kahn in addition to Renzo Piano. Also worth noting is the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, designed by Philip Johnson, houses one of America's most extensive art collections in the world. The Sid Richardson Museum, redesigned by David M. Schwarz, has one of the most focused Western art collections in the US, emphasizing Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.
The city is stimulated by several university communities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, and Texas A & amp; M, and many multinational companies, including Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, American Airlines, BNSF Railway, Pier 1 Import, XTO Energy, and RadioShack.
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History
Treaty of Bird's Fort
The Fortress of Birds Agreement between the Republic of Texas and some Native American tribes was signed in 1843 at Fort Bird in Arlington, Texas today. Article XI of the treaty states that no one may "cross the line of trading houses" (on the border of the Indian territory) without the permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the territory of India. This "trading house" was later established at the intersection of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in Fort Worth at the moment. At the intersection of this river, the US Department of War established Fort Worth in 1849 as the northernmost system of the 10 strongholds to protect the American Border after the end of the Mexican-American War. The city of Fort Worth continues to be known as "where the West begins."
Mexican-American War
The line of seven army posts was established in 1848-49 after the Mexican War to protect the Texas settlers along the American West Frontier and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan. Initially 10 fortresses had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849), who led the Texas Department in 1849. In January 1849, Worth proposed a line of 10 forts to mark the west Texas border of the Eagle Pass to meetings of West Fork and Fork Clear from the Trinity River. A month later, Worth died of cholera in South Texas.
General William S. Harney took command of the Department of Texas and ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold (Company F, Dragoon of the Second United States) to find a new fort site near West Fork and Fork Clear. On June 6, 1849, Arnold, advocated by Middleton Tate Johnson, established a camp on the banks of the Trinity River and named Pas Camp Worth in honor of General Worth the last. In August 1849, Arnold moved the camp to a north-facing cliff, which ignored the Fork Bening mouth of the Trinity River. The US Department of War officially named the Fort Worth post on November 14, 1849.
Native American attacks are still a threat in the area, as this is their traditional territory and they hate encroachment by European-American settlers, but people from the United States build houses near the fortress. E. S. Terrell (1812-1905) from Tennessee claimed to be the first resident of Fort Worth. The fort was flooded with the first year and moved to the top of the cliff; the courthouse is currently built on this site. The fort was abandoned September 17, 1853. No traces were left.
City development
As a stop on the legendary Chisholm Trail, Fort Worth is stimulated by a cattle drive business and becomes a bustling and bustling city. Millions of head cattle are pushed north into the market along this road. Fort Worth became the center of cattle movers, and then, the livestock industry. It's given the nickname Cowtown.
During the Civil War, Fort Worth suffered from lack of money, food, and supplies. The population fell as low as 175, but began to recover during Reconstruction. In 1872, Jacob Samuels, William Jesse Boaz, and William Henry Davis had opened public stores. The following year, Khleber M. Van Zandt founded Tidball, Van Zandt, and the Company, which became the Fort Worth National Bank in 1884.
City of Panther and Half of Hell
In 1875, the Dallas Herald published an article by a former Fort Worth lawyer Robert E. Cowart, who wrote that the depletion of the Fort Worth population, caused by the harsh economic and winter calamities of 1873, has given a severe blow to the livestock industry. Added to the slowdown because railroads stopped the laying of the 30-mile (48 km) line outside Fort Worth, Cowart said that Fort Worth was so slow that he saw Panther asleep on the streets by the courthouse. Despite the intended contempt, the name Panther City was enthusiastically embraced when in 1876 Fort Worth recovered economically. Many businesses and organizations continue to use Panther in their name. Panther is set at the top of the police badge.
The "Panther City" tradition is also preserved in the name and design of some of the city/architectural geographic features, such as the Panther Island (Trinity River), the Flatiron Building, the Intermodal Transportation Center, and in two or three Sleeping Panther Statues. In 1876, Texas and Pacific Railway eventually settled into Fort Worth, stimulating the explosion and turning the Fort Worth Stockyards into a major center for the wholesale trade of livestock. Migrants from the war-torn southern region continue to swell the population, and small factories and factories produce larger businesses. Newly nicknamed "Queen City of the Prairies", Fort Worth supplies regional markets through a growing transport network.
Fort Worth became the westernmost railhead and transit point for livestock delivery. Louville Niles, a Boston-based businessman based in Massachusetts and a major shareholder of Fort Worth Stockyards Company is credited with bringing the two largest meat packing companies of the time, Armor and Swift, to livestock.
With the boom times come a variety of entertainment and related problems. Fort Worth has the ability to separate breeders from their money. Cowboys took full advantage of their last brush with civilization before a long journey on the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth north to Kansas. They hoard supplies from local merchants, visit salons for a bit of gambling and debauchery, then race north with their cattle just to scream again on their way back. The city soon became home to "Half-Half Hell", a collection of saloons, the largest dance hall, and the filthy homes south of Dodge City (the northern tip of the Chisholm Trail), giving Fort Worth the nickname "Paris of the Plains".
Certain parts of the city are forbidden for the right citizens. Shootings, knives, muggings, and fights become night-time events. Cowboys join a diverse range of buffalo hunters, armed men, adventurers, and criminals. Half Acre Hell (also known as "The Acre") is expanded as more people are drawn to the city. Sometimes, Acre is referred to as the "Third Bloody Ward" after being designated as one of three city political wards in 1876. In 1900, Acre closed four of the city's main north-south roads. Locals became worried about the activity, choosing Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright in 1876 as a marshal town with a mandate to tame it.
Courtright sometimes collects and imprisons 30 people on Saturday night, but lets the gamblers operate, because they pull money into town. Having learned that railroad robbers and post trains, like the Sam Bass gang, use the area as a hideout, it intensified law enforcement, but certain advertisers advertised oppose too many restrictions in the area because it has a negative impact on legitimate businesses. Gradually, the cowboys began to avoid the area; when business suffers, the city moderates its opposition. Courtright lost his office in 1879.
Though crusading mayors like H. S. Broiles and newspaper editors like B. B. Paddock, Acre survived for generating revenues for the city (all illegal) and excitement for visitors. The Fort Worth residents who have long claimed the place have never been as cute as their reputation, but during the 1880s Fort Worth quit regularly in the gamblers' circus by Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday, and the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil ). James Earp, the eldest of his siblings, lived with his wife in Fort Worth during this period; Their home is on the edge of Half Acre Hell, at 9 and Calhoun. He was often at the Cattlemen's Exchange bar in the "city" section of town.
Reforming citizens object to the ballroom, where men and women mix; on the contrary, salons or gambling places are mainly male customers.
In the late 1880s, Major Broiles and County Attorney R. L. Carlock embarked on a reform campaign. In a public shootout on February 8, 1887, Jim Courtright was killed on Main Street by Luke Short, who claimed he was "The King of Gambling Fort Worth." Because Courtright was so popular, when Short was imprisoned for his murder, rumors floated before him. Short's best friend, Bat Masterson, came armed and spent the night in his cell to protect him.
The first banning campaign in Texas was installed in Fort Worth in 1889, enabling business and other residential development in the area. Another change is the inclusion of blacks. Excluded by the separation of the country from the more expensive business end of town and residential areas, the city's blacks settled in the southern part of the city. Acre's popularity and profitability are declining and more displaced and homeless people are seen on the streets. In 1900, most dance halls and gamblers disappeared. Cheap events and prostitution became the main form of entertainment. Some politicians seek reform under the Progressive Era.
In 1911, Rev. J. Frank Norris launched an attack on horse racing on the Baptist Standard and used the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth to attack representatives and prostitution. When he started connecting certain Fort Worth entrepreneurs with properties in Acre and announced their names from the pulpit, the battle heated up. On February 4, 1912, the church of the Norris was burned down; That evening, his enemies threw a bundle of dirty cloth that burned into the porch of his house, but the fire went out and caused little damage. A month later, the burners succeeded in burning the parsonage house. In a month-long sensational session, Norris was charged with perjury and arson in connection with the two fires. He was released, but his ongoing attack on Acre was accomplished slightly until 1917. A new city government and federal government, targeting Fort Worth as a potential venue for a large military training camp, joined the Baptist preacher to lower the final curtain at Acre.
The police department collects statistics showing that 50% of violent crime in Fort Worth takes place in Acre, which confirms the opinion of respectable citizens in the area. After Camp Bowie (World War I Army training installation) was located on the outskirts of Fort Worth in 1917, the military used martial law to organize prostitutes and barkeepers from Acre. Fines and rigid prison sentences restrict their activities. By the time Norris held a mock funeral parade to "bury John Barleycorn" in 1919, Acre had become part of Fort Worth history. The name continues to be associated with the southern end of Fort Worth.
The twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
On March 28, 2000, at 6:15 pm, an F3 (some estimates claiming an F4 tornado) hit the center of the city, tearing many buildings into pieces and scrap metal. One of the hardest hit structures is the One Bank Tower, which is one of the dominant features of the Fort Worth skyline and which has Reata, a popular restaurant, upstairs. It has since been converted into an upscale condo and was officially renamed "The Tower". This was the first big tornado to hit Fort Worth right in the early 1940s.
When oil started spurting in West Texas in the early 20th century, and once again in the late 1970s, Fort Worth was at the center of the velocity and transactions. In July 2007, advances in horizontal drilling technology made large natural gas reserves at Barnett Shale available directly under the city, helping many residents receive royalty checks for their mineral rights. Today, the city of Fort Worth and many residents deal with the benefits and problems associated with natural gas reserves underground.
Fort Worth was the fastest-growing major city in the United States from 2000 to 2006 and was selected as one of the "Most Eligible Communities in America."
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Geography
Fort Worth is located in North Texas, and has a generally humid subtropical climate. This is part of the Cross Timbers area; this region is the boundary between the eastern part of the more forests and hills and meadows from the middle. In particular, the city is part of the Grand Prairie ecoregional in Cross Timbers.
The metabolism of Dallas-Fort Worth is central to North Texas. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​298.9 square miles (774 km 2 ), where 292.5 square miles (758 km 2 ) is land and 6.3 square miles (16 km 2 ) (2.12%) covered by water.
A large storage dam was completed in 1914 in West Fork of the Trinity River, 7 miles (11 km) from the city, with a storage capacity of 33,495 feet of water acre. The lake formed by this dam is known as Lake Worth.
The city is not entirely side by side and has several pockets, practical bags, semi-enclaves and towns that are otherwise completely or almost surrounded by it, including: Westworth Village, Oaks River, Saginaw, Blue Mound, Benbrook, Everman, Forest Hill, Edgecliff Village, Westover Hill, White Settlement, Sansom Park, Lake Worth, Lakeside, and Haslet.
Natural gas well
The city of Fort Worth contains over 1000 natural gas wells (a matter of December 2009) tapped Barnett Shale. Each well site is a gravel patch of 2-5 hectares (8,100-20,200 m 2 ) in size. Because city planning allows them in all categories of zoning, including housing, good sites can be found in various locations. Some wells are surrounded by stone fences, but most are secured with connecting chains.
Nearby Areas
Stockyards
The Fort Worth Stockyards is the National Historical District. The Stockyards once became one of the largest livestock markets in the United States and played an important role in the city's early growth. Today the neighborhood is marked by many bars, restaurants and popular country music values ​​such as Billy Bob. Fort Worth celebrity chefs, Iron Chef America's Love Team and Top Chef Masters operate several restaurants in the neighborhood.
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a district on the western end of Downtown Fort Worth. It is tied approximately by Henderson Street to the east, the Trinity River to the west, Interstate 30 to the south, and White Settlement Road to the north. This neighborhood contains several small and medium office buildings and urban dwellings, but very little retail.
Tanglewood
Tanglewood consists of land in low areas along the branches of the Trinity River and about five miles southwest of the Fort Worth Central Business District. The Tanglewood region lies in two surveys. The western part of the addition became part of the 1854 Felix G. Beasley Survey, and the eastern part, along the river branch, 1876 James Howard Survey. The original approach to the Tanglewood area consists of a two-rut dirt road that is now Bellaire Drive South. Until development time, the children enjoy swimming in the river in the deep hole located where the bridge is now located in Bellaire Drive South near the Trinity Commons Shopping Center. The current section of Tanglewood is Bellaire Park Court, Marquette Court, and Autumn Court originally a dairy farm.
Architecture
The city center is mainly known for its Art Deco-style buildings. The Tarrant County Courthouse was created in the American Beaux Arts design, which mimics the Texas State Capitol building. Most of the buildings around Sundance Square have preserved their early 20th century fa§§ade. Downtown features unique rural architecture.
Climate
Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate in accordance with the KÃÆ'¶ppen climate classification system and is in the USDA 8a hardiness zone. The hottest month of the year is July, when the average high temperature is 95  ° F (35.0  ° C), and overnight low temperatures average 72  ° F (22.2  ° C), providing a flat temperature 84 Ã,  ° F (28.9 Ã,  ° C). The coldest month of the year is January, when the average high temperature is 55Ã,  ° F (12,8Ã,  ° C) and the average low temperature is 31Ã,  ° F (-0,6Ã, ° C). The average temperature in January was 43Ã,  ° F (6Ã,  ° C). The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Worth was 113  ° F (45.0  ° C), on June 26, 1980, during the Great 1980 Heat Wave, and June 27, 1980. The coldest temperature ever recorded at Fort Worth was - 8  ° F (-22.2  ° C) on February 12, 1899. Due to its position in North Texas, Fort Worth is particularly vulnerable to super thunderstorms, which produce large hail and can produce tornadoes.
The average annual rainfall for Fort Worth is 34.01 inches (863.9 mm). The wettest month of the year is May, when an average of 4.58 inches (116.3 mm) of rain falls. The driest month of the year is January, when only 1.70 inches (43.2 mm) of rain fall. The driest calendar year since the record begins is 1921 with 17.91 inches (454.9 mm) and wettest of the year 2015 with 62.61 inches (1,590.3 mm). The wettest month of the calendar is April 1922 with 17.64 inches (448.1 mm), including 8.56 inches (217.4 mm) on 25 April.
The average annual snowfall in Fort Worth is 2.6 inches (0.07 m). The largest snowfall in a single month was 13.5 inches (0.34 m) in February 1978, and most in the season 17.6 inches (0.45 m) in 1977/1978.
The National Weather Service offices that serve the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are based in the northeastern part of Fort Worth.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the composition of the Fort Worth race is 61.1% White (whites non-Hispanic: 41.7%), 18.9% Black or African American, 0.6% Native Americans, 3.7% Asian , 0.1% Original Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Other islands, 34.1% Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.1% of two or more races.
At the 2000 census, 534,694 people, 195,078 households, and 127,581 families living in the city. The July 2004 census estimate has placed Fort Worth in the top 20 most populous cities (# 19) in the US with a population of 604,538. Fort Worth is also in the top five cities with the largest increase in numbers from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2004, with 17,872 more people or a 3.1% increase. Population density is 1,827.8 people per square mile (705.7/km ²). There are 211,035 housing units with an average density of 721.4 per square mile (278.5/km²). City's racial makeup is 59.69% White, 20.26% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 2.64% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Island, 14.05% of other races, and 2 , 72% of two or more races. Approximately 29.81% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In 1970, the Census Bureau reported the Fort Worth population as 72% non-Hispanic White, 19.9% ​​Black, and 7.9% Hispanic.
Of 195,078 households, 34.7% had children under 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 14.7% had non-husbands female households, and 34.6% were not family; 9,599 are unmarried partner households: 8202 heterosexuals, 676 men of the same sex, and 721 same-sex households. Approximately 28.6% of all households consist of individuals and 7.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the city, the population is distributed as 28.3% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% years or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 women, there are 97.3 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 94.5 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 37,074, and for families is $ 42,939. Men have an average income of $ 31,663 compared to $ 25,917 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 18,800. Approximately 12.7% of families and 15.9% of the population are below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under the age of 18 and 11.7% of those aged 65 and older.
Religion
Christianity is the most common religion in Fort Worth. The largest Christian denominations in the city are Baptists (18.1%), followed by Catholics (7.1%), Methodist (3.9%), Pentecost (1.6%), Mormon (1.6%), Lutheran ( 1.1%), Episcopal (0.6%), Presbyterians (0.5%), and other Christians (6.5%).
The oldest church that continues to operate in Fort Worth is the First Christian Church, founded in 1855. Other historical churches that continue to operate in this city include St. Patrick (founded 1888), Church of St.. James Second Street Baptist (founded 1895), the Baptist Church of the Tabernacle (built in 1923), the St. Mary of the Assumption Church (built 1924), the Catholic Church of Our Lady and the Parsonage (built 1929 and 1911), and the Morning Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (built in 1934).
Other religions with a considerable presence in the city of Fort Worth are Islam (1.2%), Judaism (0.4%), and Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism (0.7%).
Economy
At the beginning of its establishment, Fort Worth relies on cattle riding the Chisholm Trail. Millions of livestock are pushed north to markets along this road, and Fort Worth becomes a center of cattle, and then, farms until the Civil War. During the Civil War, Fort Worth suffered from a deficiency that caused its population to decline. It recovered during the Reconstruction Era with public shops, banks, and "Half-Half Hell", a large collection of salons and ballrooms that increased business and criminal activity in the city. In the early 20th century the military used emergency laws to regulate bartenders and Hell's Half-Acre prostitutes.
Since the end of the 20th century several large companies have been based in Fort Worth. These include American Airlines Group (and American Airlines and Envoy Air subsidiaries), John Peter Smith Hospital, Pier 1 Imports, RadioShack, Cash America International, GM Financial, XTO Energy and Railway BNSF. Companies with significant presence in the city are Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, GE Transportation, and Dallas-based telecommunications company AT & amp; T.
In 2013, Fort Worth-Arlington was ranked 15th on the Forbes List span of the Best Places for Business and Career. In 2018, Fortune named Fort Worth as the 18th best city for Hispanic entrepreneurs. By 2018 Dallas-Fort Worth is ranked 18th in the US. News & amp; World Report ' s list of 125 Best Places to Stay in the US.
Culture
Building on the legacy of Western Frontier and the history of strong local art patronage, Fort Worth promotes itself as "The City of Cowboy and Culture". Fort Worth has the largest and largest indoor rodeo in the world, world-class museums, festival calendars, and strong local art scene. The Western Artist Academy, based in Gene Autry, Oklahoma presents its annual award in Fort Worth in areas related to American cowboys, including music, literature, and even chuckwagon cuisine.
Arts and sciences
- Nature
The Fort Worth Zoo is home to over 5,000 animals and was named the nation's top zoo by the Family Life magazine , Los Angeles Times , and US Today and one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards; has been ranked in the top 10 zoos in the United States.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Botanical Research Institute of Texas also exist in the city. For those interested in hiking, birding or canoeing, the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge in northwest Fort Worth is a preserved 3.621 acre natural area designated by the Department of Home Affairs as a National Landmark Site in 1980. Founded in 1964 as a Center Nature and Nature Protection Greer Island, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. The Natural Center has a small, pure genetic herd, a town of prairie grassland, and the grasslands where they live. It is one of the largest urban parks in the US.
Park
Fort Worth has a total of 263 parks with 179 of them are environmental parks. Total hectares of parkland is 11,700.72 hectares with an average of about 12.13 hectares per park.
There are two off-leash dog parks located in town, ZBonz Dog Park and Fort Woof. Fort Woof is recognized by Dog Fancy Magazine as the No. Dogs Park. 1 in the Nation in 2006, and as City Voter's Best Dog Park at the Metroplex in 2009. The park includes an agility course, water fountains, shaded shelters and waste stations.
Sports
While much of the sport's attention on Fort Worth is focused on the Metroplex professional sports team, the city has its own athletic identity. The TCU Horned Frogs compete in NCAA Division I athletics, including football teams, consistently ranked in the top 25, and the baseball team, which has competed in the last six NCAA tournaments and 3 World Series Live Campuses, came in victory to make Final College World Series in 2009 and 2016. The women's basketball team has competed in the last seven NCAA tournaments. Texas Wesleyan University competes in NAIA, and won the 2006 NAIA Div. I am the Basketball Champion and three times the National College Table Tennis Championship (NCTTA) (2004-2006). Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA Armed Forces Nav Armaged Forces Helicopter, as well as two minor league professional sports teams.
Professional sports
TCU Horned Frogs
The presence of Texas Christian University less than 5 miles (8 km) from the city center and national competitiveness in soccer, baseball and men's and women's basketball have retained the TCU as an important part of the Fort Worth sport.
The Horned Frog football team produced two national championships in the 1930s and remained a strong contender at the Southwest Conference into the 1960s before starting a long period of poor performance. The revival of the TCU football program started under Coach Dennis Franchione with the success of running back LaDainian Tomlinson. Under Head Coach Gary Patterson, the Horned Frog has evolved into a top-10 immortal challenger, and the Rose Bowl winner in 2011. Popular players include Sammy Baugh, Davey O'Brien, Bob Lilly, LaDainian Tomlinson, Jerry Hughes, and Andy Dalton. The Horned Frogs, along with their rivals and fellow non-AQ leaders Boise State Broncos and the University of Utah Utes, are regarded as the classic "BCS Busters", which appear in Fiesta and Rose Bowls. Their "BCS Buster" role ends in 2012 when they join the 12 Great Athletics conference in all sports. Horned Frog football team has one of the best winning percentages of every school in the Football Bowl Sub-section in recent years.
Recreation
Invitational National Colonial Golf Tournament
Fort Worth organizes an important professional men's golf tournament every May at the Colonial Country Club. The Colonial Invitational Golf Tournament, now officially known as Fort Worth Invitational, is one of the more prestigious and historic events of the tour calendar. The Colonial Country Club is the legendary golf course of Ben Hogan, originally from Fort Worth.
Motorcycle racing
Fort Worth is home to the Texas Motor Speedway, also known as "The Great American Speedway". Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile quad-oval track located in the northernmost part of town in Denton County. The expressway opened in 1997, and currently hosts IndyCar events and six NASCAR events among the three major weekend races each year.
Amateur sports car racing in the greater Fort Worth area occurs mainly on two specially built tracks: Motorsport Ranch and Eagles Canyon Raceway. Sanctions agencies include the Porsche Club of America, the National Auto Sports Association, and the Sports Car Club of America.
Cowtown Marathon
The annual Cowtown Marathon has been held every weekend in February since 1978. The two-day activity includes two 5K, 10K, half marathons, marathons, and ultra marathon. With just under 27,000 attendees by 2013, Cowtown is Texas's largest long-distance event.
Government
City government
Fort Worth has a council-manager government, with elections held every two years for a mayor, elected widely, and eight council members, elected by the district. The mayor is a member of the council voting and represents the city at ceremonial events. The council has the power to adopt city rules and resolutions, make proclamations, fix city tax rates, approve city budgets, and appoint city secretaries, city lawyers, city auditors, city court judges, and city council members and commissions. The day-to-day operations of the municipality are overseen by city managers, who are also appointed by the council. The current mayor is Republican Betsy Price, making Fort Worth the largest city in the United States with female mayors.
City of City Council Department of city
- Fort Worth Police Department - provides crime prevention, investigation, and other emergency services.
- Fort Worth Fire Department - provides fire and emergency services.
- Fort Worth Library - Fort Worth City public library system.
Government of the State
Member of the State Education Council
Texas State Representative
Texas State Senator
Country Facility
The Texas Transportation Department operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth.
The North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility, a privately operated prison facility serving short-term conditional offenders, is in Fort Worth. It is operated on behalf of the Texas Criminal Justice Department. In 2011, the state of Texas decided not to renew its contract with the facility.
Federal Government
Representative of the United States
Federal facility
Fort Worth is home to one of two Bureau of Engraving and Printing sites. In 1987, the construction of this second facility began. In addition to meeting the increasing production requirements, the western location is considered to function as a contingency operation in the event of an emergency in Washington, DC, metropolitan area; Also, the cost of transporting currency to Federal Reserve banks in San Francisco, Dallas, and Kansas City will be reduced. Currency production began in December 1990 at the Fort Worth facility, the official dedication of April 26, 1991.
The Eldon B. Mahon The United States Courthouse building contains three oil panels on canvas on the fourth floor by artist Frank Mechau (assigned under the Public Works Administration art program). The Mechau Paintings, Two Texas Rangers, and Flags Over Texas were installed in 1940, becoming the only New Art Commission Deal. sponsored in Fort Worth. The courthouse, built in 1933, serves the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The Federal Medical Center, Carswell, a federal prison and health facility for women, is located at the Combined Air Force Naval Combat Base, Fort Worth. Carswell became home to a row of federal deaths for female prisoners.
The Federal Aviation Administration, National Archives and Archives Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have offices in Fort Worth.
Education
Public library
Fort Worth Library is a public library system.
Public schools
Most of Fort Worth is served by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Other school districts serving part of Fort Worth include:
The Fort Worth section of the Arlington Independent School District contains a wastewater plant. There are no residential areas in the section.
Pinnacle Academy of the Arts (K-12) is a state charter school, such as the Academy of Crosstimbers and High Point Academy.
Private school
Private schools in Fort Worth include both secular and parochial.
Higher education institutions
Media
Fort Worth and Dallas share the same media market. The magazine of this city is Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, which publishes information about Fort Worth events, social activities, fashion, eating, and culture.
Fort Worth has one major daily newspaper, Fort Worth Star-Telegram , founded in 1906 as Fort Worth Star . It dominates the western part of the Metroplex, and The Dallas Morning News dominates the east. The Star-Telegram is the most widely circulated newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 210,990 and a circulation of 304,200 Sunday.
The Fort Worth Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The newspaper has an estimated circulation of 47,000 by 2015. The Fort Worth Weekly publishes every Wednesday and features, among many things, news reporting, cultural event guides, film reviews and editorials.
Fort Worth Business Press is a weekly publication that tells the story in the Fort Worth business community.
The Fort Worth Press is a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon and on Sundays from 1921 to 1975. It is owned by E. W. Scripps Company and published under the famous Scripps-Howard Lighthouse logo. The paper was reportedly last made money in the early 1950s. Scripps Howard stayed with paper until mid-1975. Circulation has been reduced to less than 30,000 every day, just over 10% of Tel Worth's Fort Worth Star. The name Fort Worth Press was briefly resurrected on a new Fort Worth Press paper operated by former publisher Bill McAda and shorter by William Dean Singleton, then the owner of the weekly Azle (Texas) News , is now the owner of the Media Central news group. The Fort Worth Press is operated from the office and depresses at 500 Jones Street in downtown Fort Worth.
Fort Worth shares a television market with Dallas nearby. This station includes (stations owned and operated from affiliated networks highlighted in bold ) KDFW 4 (Fox), KXAS 5 (NBC), WFAA 8 (ABC), KTVT 11 (CBS), KERA 13 (PBS), KTXA 21 (Independent), KDFI 27 (MNTV), KDAF 33 (CW), and K31GL-D ​​â € <â € < € <(HC2 Holdings).
Radio station
Over 33 radio stations operate in and around Fort Worth, with many different formats.
AM
At AM connections, as in all other markets, radio political lectures are common, with WBAP 820, KLIF 570, KEXB 620, KSKY 660, KRLD 1080 conservative talk stations serving Fort Worth and KMNY 1360 the only progressive talk station serving the city. KFXR 1190 is a state/news/classical news station. Sports talks can be found at KTCK 1310 ("The Ticket"). The WBAP, 50,000 watt open channel station that can be heard in most countries at night, is a successful state music station long before converting to its current speech format.
Some religious stations also exist in the AM in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; KHVN 970 and KGGR 1040 are local urban gospel stations and KKGM 1630 has a South Gospel format.
Fort Worth speaking Spanish Residents served by stations at AM LOT:
- KDFT 540
- KFJZ 870
- KHFX 1140
- KFLC 1270
- KTNO 1440
- KBXD 1480
- KZMP 1540
- KRVA 1600
Some Asian mixed language stations serve Fort Worth:
- KHSE 700
- KTXV 890
- KZEE 1220
Other formats found on Fort Worth AM dial are urban KKDA 730, business talks KJSA 1120, state station KCLE 1460.
FM
The KLNO is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth. Old Fort Worth resident Marcos A. Rodriguez operated Dallas Fort Worth radio station KLTY and KESS on 94.1 FM.
Noncommercial station serves the city quite well. Three college stations can be heard - KTCU 88.7, KCBI 90.9, and KNTU 88.1, with various programs. Also, the local NPR station is KERA 90.1, along with the community radio station KNON 89.3. Downtown Fort Worth also hosts the Texas State radio station KFWR 95.9 The Ranch.
Various commercial formats, mostly music, are on the FM dial in Fort Worth.
Internet radio stations and shows
When the local radio station KOAI 107.5 FM, now KMVK, dropped the smooth jazz format, fans set up smoothjazz1075.com, an internet radio station, to broadcast smooth jazz for disgruntled fans.
Some internet radio shows are in the Fort Worth area, DFDubbIsHot and The Broadband Brothers.
Transportation
Like most fast-growing cities after World War II, Fort Worth's main mode of transportation is the car, but bus transportation through The T is available, as well as the inter-city train service to Dallas via Trinity Railway Express.
History
Electric cart
The first tram company in Fort Worth is Fort Worth Street Train Company. The first line began operations in December 1876, and traveled from the courthouse to Main Street to T & amp; P Depot. In 1890, more than 20 private companies operated tram lines in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Street Railway Company bought many of its competitors, and was finally bought by Bishop & amp; Sherwin Syndicate in 1901. The new ownership changed the company's name to the Northern Texas Traction Company, which operated 84 miles of tramway in 1925, and their lanes linked downtown Fort Worth to TCU, Near Southside, Arlington Heights, Lake Como, livestock.
Intercity electric train
At its peak, the electric interurban industry in Texas comprises nearly 500 miles of track, making Texas the second in interurban distance across the western states of the Mississippi River. The electric interurban trains stood out in the early 1900s, culminating in the 1910s and fading until all electric interurban trains were abandoned in 1948. Close to three quarters of the mileage was in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, running between Fort Worth and Dallas and to other regional cities including Cleburne, Denison, Corsicana, and Waco. The line depicted in the associated picture is the second one to be built in Texas and runs 35 miles between Fort Worth and Dallas. Northern Texas Traction Company built the railroad, which operated from 1902 to 1934.
Current transport
In 2009, 80.6% of Fort Worth (city) drivers worked alone. 2009 share mode for Fort Worth (city) riders is 11.7% for carpooling, 1.5% for transit, 1.2% for walking, and 0.1% for cycling. In 2015, the American Community Survey estimates its capital stock for Fort Worth riders (cities) 82% for self-driving, 12% for carpooling, 0.8% for freight ride, 1.8% on foot, and 0.3% for cycling. The city of Fort Worth has a lower percentage of households than the average without a car. By 2015, 6.1 percent of Fort Worth households are short of cars, and down to 4.8 percent by 2016. The national average is 8.7 percent by 2016. Fort Worth averages 1.83 cars per home ladder by 2016, compared to the national average of 1.8.
Road
Fort Worth is served by four interstate and three US highways. It also contains a number of arterial roads in the grid formation.
Interstate highways 30, 20, 35W, and 820 are all over city limits.
Interstate 820 is an Interstate 20 loop and serves as a belt for the city. Interstate 30 and Interstate 20 connect Fort Worth to Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Dallas. Interstate 35W connects Fort Worth with Hillsboro to the south and the cities of Denton and Gainesville to the north.
The 287 US route runs southeast through the city connecting Wichita Falls to the north and Mansfield to the south. US Route 377 drove south through the northern suburbs of Haltom City and Keller through the central business district. The US Route 81 shares a concurrency with highway 287 in the northwest part of I-35W.
The famous country highway:
- Texas State Highway 114 (east-west)
- Texas State Highway 183 (east-west)
- Texas State Highway 121 (north-south)
(List of Dallas-Fort Worth highway)
Public transport
The Fort Worth Transport Authority, better known as The T, serves Fort Worth with dozens of different bus routes throughout the city, including a downtown bus known as Molly the Trolley. T operates buses on the outskirts of Richland Hills (route 41) and Arlington (MAX).
In 2010, Fort Worth won a $ 25 million Urban Urban Circulator grant to build a tram system. In December 2010, the city council lost a grant by choosing to end the tram studies.
Railway transport
- The Trinity Railway Express is a commuter train line connecting downtown Fort Worth to downtown Dallas and some suburban stations between the two major cities.
- Two Amtrak routes stop at the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center: The Heartland Flyer and Texas Eagle .
Airport
- The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is a major commercial airport located between major Fort Worth and Dallas cities. DFW Airport is the third busiest airport in the world based on the operation and the busiest airport based on passengers.
Prior to the construction of DFW, the city was served by the Greater Southwest International Airport, located just south of the new airport. Originally named Amon Carter Field after one of the city's influential mayors, Greater Southwest opened in 1953 and operated as a major airport for Fort Worth until 1974. It was abandoned until the terminal was demolished in 1980. The site of the previous airport is now a mixed-use development achieved by Texas State Highway 183 and 360. A small portion of the runway stays north of Highway 183, and serves as the only reminder that the main commercial airport once occupied the site.
Fort Worth is home to all four of these airports within the city limits:
- Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
- Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Combined Air Force Branch of Fort Worth Sea Air Station Walkability
A 2011 study by Walk Score puts Fort Worth's 47th most tame in the 50 largest US cities.
Bicycling
The Fort Worth Bike Sharing is a non-profit organization that controls the Fort Worth B-Cycle, a bike-sharing program introduced into the area on April 22, 2013. There are 45 stations across the city with 350 bikes available for rent throughout the day, every day of the year. These areas include the City Center, Cultural District, Trinity Lane, Gardens, Near Southside and on the TCU campus. Their mission is to "improve our community by providing an affordable, efficient, eco-friendly bike sharing program that complements our existing public transport system and provides both residents and visitors a healthy and convenient way to move around our city".
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