• Source: Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Worth, Texas, United States.




Prior to 20th century



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.
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.
1855 – Masonic Hall built.
1856 – Fort Worth became seat of Tarrant County.
1873
Fort Worth incorporated.
Fort Worth Fire Department established.
1874 – Dallas-Fort Worth telegraph began operating.
1876 – Texas and Pacific Railway began operating.
1882 – Public school established.
1883 – First National Bank of Fort Worth established.
1888 – Fort Worth Cats baseball team formed.
1889
Texas Spring Palace ("hall built of grain") opened.
New Trinity Cemetery established.
1890
Fort Worth Union Stockyards began operating.
Polytechnic College founded.
1895 – Tarrant County Courthouse built.
1896 – Fort Worth Fat Stock Show (livestock exhibit) began.
1898 – Bohemian literary club formed.




20th century


1901 – Carnegie Public Library opened.
1903 – Armour and Swift meatpacking plants began operating.
1907
Young Women's Christian Association established.
Fire Station #1 built.
1908 – Cowtown Coliseum built.
1909
"Fire destroys 20 blocks in Fort Worth."
Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper in publication.
Fort Worth Zoo and Greenwood Memorial Park (cemetery) established.
1910
Texas Christian University relocated to city.
Population: 73,312.
City of North Fort Worth annexed
1912
Oil discovered in vicinity of Fort Worth (at Burkburnett).
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary opened.
1914 – Lake Worth (reservoir) and Allen Chapel AME Church built.
1920 – Population: 106,482.
1922
Niles City became part of Fort Worth.
KFJZ and WBAP radio began broadcasting.
1926 – Woolworth Building constructed.
1927 – KTAT radio began broadcasting.
1929 – Blackstone Hotel built.
1930
Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Z Boaz municipal golf course opened.
Population: 163,447.
1933
Fort Worth Botanic Garden established.
US Post Office built.
1934 – Texas Wesleyan College established.
1936 – US mental health hospital/farm opened on outskirts of city.
1939 – City Hall built.
1940
Lake Como Weekly newspaper began publication.
Population: 177,662.
1942 – US Army Tarrant Field and Consolidated Vultee Aircraft plant began operating.
1945 – Fort Worth Children's Museum opened.
1946 – Fort Worth Civic Opera Association and All Saints' Episcopal Church congregation established.
1948
WBAP-TV (television) began broadcasting.
Tarrant County Historical Society established.
1950
Cowtown Drive-In cinema opened.
Population: 278,778.
1954 – Fort Worth Art Museum opened.
1955 – KFJZ-TV (television) began broadcasting.
1957 – Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike and American Airlines Stewardess College opened.
1958 – Casa Mañana theatre rebuilt.
1960 – Population: 356,268.
1961 – Amon Carter Museum of American Art opened.
1962
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition began.
Miss Texas Pageant (beauty contest) relocated to city.
1964 – Fort Worth Civil Liberties Union formed.
1968 – Fort Worth Museum of Science and History active.
1969
Alleged Lake Worth Monster spotted.
Historic Fort Worth nonprofit established.
1970 – Population: 393,476.
1972 – Kimbell Art Museum opened.
1973
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport began operating.
Fort Worth Japanese Garden built.
1975 – Fort Worth Water Gardens (fountain) built.
1977 – Tarrant County Black Historical & Genealogical Society founded.
1978
Sundance Square redevelopment began.
Fairmount Neighborhood Association incorporated.
Tandy Foundation established.
1980 – Population: 385,164.
1981 – Billy Bob's Texas nightclub in business.
1982 – Tarrant Area Food Bank founded.
1983 – June 14: Hotel fire.
1990 – Population: 447,619.
1991
AMC Sundance cinema in business.
Kay Granger became mayor.
1992 – Courthouse shooting.
1994
US Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in operation.
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame relocated to city.
1997 – Kay Granger became U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district.
1998 – City website online (approximate date).
1999
September 15: Shooting at Wedgwood Baptist Church.
Bass Performance Hall opened.
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.
2010 – Population: 741,206 city; 6,371,773 metro; 19,728,244 megaregion.
2011 – May 14: Fort Worth mayoral election, 2011 held; Betsy Price became 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
Timelines of other cities in the North Texas area of Texas: Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Garland, Irving, Plano, Wichita Falls




References






Bibliography






External links



Fort Worth Library. "Local History Collection". City of Fort Worth.
"Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Fort Worth". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
"Fort Worth". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.

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