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'''Fort Worth''' Texas bills itself as the "City where the West Begins". With a population of 653,000, it forms part of a single metropolitan area with the neighboring city of [[Dallas]].  The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area reached 6,145,000 million population in 2007 and ranks #6 in size in the U.S.   

'''Fort Worth''' Texas bills itself as the "City where the West Begins". With a population of 653,000, it forms part of a single metropolitan area with the neighboring city of [[Dallas]].  The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area reached 6,145,000 population in 2007 and ranks #6 in size in the U.S.   

==History==

==History==

The town was founded in 1849 in conjunction with an Army installation. It declined during the Civil War to just another small settlement clinging to the edges of the Texas frontier.  Local lore has constructed a legendary version of Fort Worth as an isolated frontier outpost complete with rugged dragoons, land barons, hostile Indians, and famous visitors. In reality, new civic-minded settlers and promotion people envisioned Fort Worth's potential and made a concerted effort to improve things. Finally in 1876 a railroad rescued the town from oblivion. By 1900 it was a flourishing West Texas marketing and trade center.  

The town was founded in 1849 in conjunction with an Army installation. It declined during the Civil War to just another small settlement clinging to the edges of the Texas frontier.  Local lore has constructed a legendary version of Fort Worth as an isolated frontier outpost complete with rugged dragoons, land barons, hostile Indians, and famous visitors. In reality, new civic-minded settlers and promotion people envisioned Fort Worth's potential and made a concerted effort to improve things. Finally in 1876 a railroad rescued the town from oblivion. By 1900 it was a flourishing West Texas marketing and trade center.