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FORT See also:WORTH , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Tarrant county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., about 30 M. W. of See also:Dallas, on the S. See also:bank of the See also:West See also:Fork of the Trinity See also:river. Pop. (188o) 6663; (189o) 23,076; (19o0) 26,688, of whom 1793 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 4249 were negroes; (1910, See also:census) 73,312. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Gulf, the Fort Worth & See also:Denver City, the Fort Worth & Rio Grande, and the St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, See also:San Francisco & Texas of the Frisco " See also:system, the Gulf, See also:Colorado & See also:Santa Fe, the See also:Houston & Texas Central, the See also:International & See also:Great See also:Northern, the See also:Missouri, See also:Kansas & Texas, the St Louis See also:South-Western, the Texas & Pacific, and the Trinity & Brazos Valley (Colorado & See also:Southern) See also:railways. Fort Worth is beautifully situated on a level space above the river. It is the seat of Fort Worth University (coeducational), a Methodist Episcopal institution, which was established as the Texas Wesleyan See also:College in 1881, received its See also:present name in 1889, comprises an See also:academy, a college of liberal arts and sciences, a conservatory of See also:music, a See also:law school, a medical school, a school of See also:commerce, and a See also:department of See also:oratory and elocution, and in 1907 had 802 students; the See also:Polytechnic College (coeducational; Methodist Episcopal, South), which was established in 1890, has preparatory, collegiate, normal, commercial, and See also:fine arts departments and a summer school, and in 1906 had 12 instructors and (altogether) 696 students; the Texas masonic See also:manual training school; a See also:kindergarten training school; St See also:Andrews school (See also:Protestant Episcopal), and St See also:Ignatius Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic). There are several See also:good business, municipal and county buildings, and a See also:Carnegie library. On the 3rd of See also:April 1909 a See also:fire destroyed ten blocks in the centre of the city. Fort Worth lies in the
midst of a stock-raising and fertile agricultural region; there is an important stockyard and packing See also:establishment just outside the city; and considerable quantities of See also:cotton are raised in the vicinity. Among the products are packed meats, See also:flour, See also:beer, trunks, crackers, candy, paint, See also:ice, See also:paste, cigars, clothing, shoes, mattresses, See also:woven See also:wire beds, See also:furniture and overalls; and there are foundries, See also:iron See also:rolling See also:mills and tanneries. In 1905 the See also:total value of the city's factory product was $5,668,391, an increase of 62.5 % since 1900; Fort Worth in 1900 ranked fifth among the cities of the See also:state in the value of its factory product; in 1905 it ranked See also:fourth. Fort Worth's numerous railways have given it great importance as a commercial centre. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks and the electric-See also:lighting plant.
A military See also:post was established here in 1849, being called first See also:Camp Worth and then Fort Worth. It was abandoned in 1853. A See also:settlement See also:grew up about the fort, and the city was incorporated in 1873. The fort and the settlement were named in See also:honour of See also:General See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Jenkins Worth (1794-1849); a native of See also:Hudson, New York„ who served in the See also:War of 1812, commanded the See also:United States forces against the See also:Seminole See also:Indians in 1841–1842, served under both General See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor and General See also:Scott in the Mexican War, distinguishing himself at See also:Monterey (where he earned the See also:brevet of See also:major-general) and in other engagements, and later commanded the department of Texas. In 1907 Fort Worth adopted a See also:commission See also:form of See also:government.
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