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Fort Worth Hotels and Visitor Information
Region: Texas
State: Texas
Population: 603,337
Elevation: 216 m
Area Code(s): 951
Information: Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau: 415 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, TX 76102; phone (817) 336-8791 or (800) 433-5747.
Email: Web.Master@fortworthgov.org. Web: http://www.fortworthgov.org/
Area Description:
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States. The city is also large in geographic area as it covers almost 300 square miles and is the county seat of Tarrant County--the 18th most populous county in the country.
Fort Worth began in 1849 as a military post to protect a few struggling ranchers from American Indian attacks. When the camp dissolved, the settlement became a trading post. After the Civil War the dusty trails were filled with longhorns as Texas cowboys came to town. On their heels were adventure-seekers, trailhands who lived it up for a night, dreamers who rode on, and the American Indians, outlaws and settlers who stayed to make Fort Worth their home.
The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, the popular name for the Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show, has been held annually since 1896 and attracts more than 850,000 people to the Will Rogers Center from mid-January to early February. Minor-league baseball is played at LaGrave Field, home of the Fort Worth Cats. For race fans, Texas Motor Speedway is north at I-35W exit 70.
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