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1 History

Fort Worth started out as a military camp in 1849, named after General William Jenkins Worth , during the closure of the Mexican-American War. It was established to protect 19th century settlers from Indian attacks. The fort then became a bustling town when it became a stop along the legendary Chisholm Trail, the dusty path where millions of cattle were driven North to market. Fort Worth became the center of the cattle drives, and later, the ranching industry. The hey day of the cattle drives was the wild era of "Hell's Half Acre," an area of town filled with gambling parlors, saloons, and dance halls. Later, the railroad transformed the Fort Worth Stockyards into a premier livestock center. And when oil began to gush in West Texas, Fort Worth was at the center of the wheeling and dealing.

Fort Worth is portrayed as more old-fashioned and laid-back than Dallas. Known as "Cowtown" for its rough-and-rowdy roots, Fort Worth still celebrates its colorful Western heritage today.

2 Attractions

The Fort Worth Cultural District is home to several excellent museums.

• The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, founded in 1892, is the oldest art museum in Texas. Its permanent collection consists of some 2,600 works of post-war art. In 2002, the museum moved into a new home designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

• The Kimball Art Museum houses works from antiquity to the 20th century. Artists represented in its holdings include Caravaggio, Fra AngelicoIl Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole ("the Beatified Friar John the Angelic of Fiesole") ( Vicchio di Mugello ( Florence) 1395 c. Rome 1455), better known in the English-speaking world as Fra Angelico ("the Angelic Friar"), or in Continental Europe a, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, El GrecoEl Greco ( Spanish for "the Greek") is the name by which Domenikos Theotokopoulos ( 1541 April 7, 1614), a Cretan-born painter and sculptor, is best known. He was a master painter in Crete; he journeyed to Rome where he studied under Titian. In 1577 he em, and RembrandtRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( July 15, 1606 October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history, and the most important United Provinces ( Netherlands) painter of the seventeenth century. Rembrandt was also a p. The museum's home was designed by American architect Louis KahnLouis Isadore Kahn ( February 20, 1901 March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale. Life Kahn was born on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. He was raised in Philadelphia, to which his f.

• The Amon Carter Museum focuses on 19th and 20th century American artists. It houses an extensive collection of works by Western artists Frederic RemingtonFrederic Sackrider Remington ( October_4, 1861 December_26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor who specialized in depictions of the American West. He was born in Canton, New York. He spent a childhood hunting and riding, but began to and Charles M. Russell, as well as an impressive collection of 30,000 exhibition-quality photographs. It also includes works by Alexander Calder, Thomas Cole, Stuart Davis, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, and Alfred Stieglitz. American architect Philip Johnson designed the museum's home, including its expansion.

Many large buildings in the city are accompanied by Victorian-style structures. Fort Worth's downtown has the Sundance Square, named after the Sundance Kid. The Sundance Square is a 16-block entertainment center for the city. The Square has buildings with tall windows, as well as brick-paved streets and sidewalks, and landscaping that many consider to be very delightful. Many restaurants, nightclubs, boutiques, museums, live theatres, and art galleries are in the Square.

The Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District is a taste of the old west and the Chisholm Trail at the site of the historic cattle drives and rail access. The District is filled with restaurants, clubs, gift shops and attractions such as daily longhorn cattle drives through the streets, historic reenactments, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and Billy Bob's , the world's largest country and western music venue.

The Tandy Center Subway, based in the Tandy Center, operated in Fort Worth from 1963 to 2002. The 0.7-mile long subway was the only privately operated subway in the United States.