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 Forklift Masts Fort Worth - Fort Worth, the fifth largest city in the state of Texas and the 17th biggest city in the United States, is the 2nd biggest cultural and economic center of the Dallas-Fort-Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. First created as a protective Army outpost that overlooks the Trinity River, the city of Fort Worth has a western heritage with traditional architecture and designs.
The history is closely connected with the history of the Texas frontier and the city of Dallas. Major Ripley Arnold founded the new fort site near the West and Clear Forks gathering in the year 1849. He put up a post on the banks of the Trinity and called it Camp Worth honoring U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a well-respected Mexican-American veteran. The United States officially approved the name "Fort Worth" during 1849. Lots of pioneers started to live in the area surrounding Fort Worth even with the Native Americans who were still considered a threat to the community. The Civil War and Reconstruction nearly wiped Fort Worth off the map due to money shortages burdened by the people. It slowly revived itself during the 1870's, and immediately, the city opened national banks, saloons, general stores, plus many others. Schools likewise opened gradually following the war, and when the cattle trade exploded in the area, the city's financial system grew and became referred to as "Cowtown."
Those who enjoy visiting museums could visit American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum, Amon Carter Museum (provides tourists a remarkable survey of American art, from the first landscape painters of the 1830s to contemporary artists of the twentieth century), Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House, Ballet Concerto (presented yearly ever since 1983 the "Summer Dance Concert", which has been a free outdoor dance event presented in Fort Worth's Cultural District), Fire Station No. 1, Cattle Raisers Museum, Fort Worth Community Arts Center (features the talents of regional artists in dance, theater, art, music, studio, opera, and poetry), Fort Worth Museum of Science and History/Omni Theater (it is home to a lot of interactive and exciting exhibits for children of various ages), Galleries (Artspace 111, Art on the Boulevard, Hometown Galleries, The Firehouse Art Studios and Gallery, Milan Galleries, Lucky Draw Pottery Gallery and Artisans Studio, William Campbell Contemporary Art and Spur Ranch Gallery), ITC Historic Wall (celebrates the African-American mercantile and warehouse district that thrived in the eastern edge of downtown in early Fort Worth), Kimbell Art Museum, and Leonard's Department Store Museum (Fort Worth downtown department store).
Within the city of Fort Worth, there are various businesses who have their head office here, comprising Airforce Airguns, Acme Brick, Alcon (US Headquarters), AmeriCredit, American IronHorse, Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company, Bell Helicopter Textron, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Ben E. Keith, Cash America International, Consolidated Robotics, Cawley, Coria laboratories, Ltd., Gillespie & Assoc., and Dickies.
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