Fort Worth is the seventeenth most populated city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. The North Texas city is a thriving center of culture and commerce. Fort Worth has a lot to offer such as: the Historic Stockyards, interesting museums, a busy downtown area, Texas Motor Speedway, annual events and a lot more.

History
Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849) was second in command to General Zachary Taylor at the start of the Mexican-American War in 1846.

Under General Taylor, Worth conducted negotiations for Mexico's surrender of Matamoros and was entrusted with the assault on the Bishop's Palace in Monterrey, Mexico. Worth and his troops managed to drag their cannon and ammunition over tough terrain and up sheer cliff faces while under constant heavy enemy fire. Worth skated from post to post during the entire action on horseback escaping personal injury and losing a minimal number of his soldiers.

In January 1849 Worth suggested a line of ten forts to mark the Western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. One month later Worth died from cholera. Worth was a well respected and decorated U.S. Army General at the time of his death and a hero of three wars. Fort Worth, Texas; Lake Worth, Texas; Lake Worth, Florida; and Worth County, Georgia are named in his honor.

During the 1860s Fort Worth suffered from the effects of the Civil War, and Reconstruction. The population dropped as low as 175, and money, food, and supply shortages encumbered the residents. Steadily, however, the town managed to revive.