Short answers, pulled from the story.
Fort Worth was officially established as an army post on the 14th of November 1849, when the United States War Department named the garrison Fort Worth. Major Ripley A. Arnold had first established a camp at the site on the 6th of June 1849, naming it Camp Worth in honor of Major General William Jenkins Worth.
Fort Worth earned the nickname Cowtown because it served as a major stop on the Chisholm Trail, the primary route for driving Texas Longhorn cattle north to market. Millions of cattle passed through the city, and Fort Worth became the center of cattle drives and, later, the ranching industry.
Hell's Half-Acre was a notorious district in Fort Worth that became the largest collection of saloons, dance halls, and bawdy houses south of Dodge City. It grew with the cattle trade era and by 1900 covered four of the city's main north-south thoroughfares. The military used martial law to shut it down after Camp Bowie was established in 1917.
The nickname Panther City originated as an insult. In 1875, a former Fort Worth lawyer published an article claiming Fort Worth was so economically slow that he saw a panther asleep in the street by the courthouse. When the city recovered in 1876 with the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway, Fort Worth embraced the name enthusiastically. A panther still appears at the top of the city's police department badges.
Fort Worth is home to several architect-designed museums. The Kimbell Art Museum was designed by Louis Kahn, with an addition by Renzo Piano. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Tadao Ando. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art was designed by Philip Johnson. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was designed by Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico.
Fort Worth's population was estimated at 1,028,117 in 2025, making it the tenth-most populous city in the United States. The city covers nearly 350 square miles and is the second-largest city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, which has 8.5 million residents and ranks as the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the country.