Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18

past year. and this done, It requires no
spirit Of prophecy 10 fOreteli the future,
any one who reads may know what the
years 10 come have In store. Cities
grow from excitement over valuable dis
coYeries, 10y acCreuOn from the surround
ing country, or by reason Of peculiar adj
yantages which force themselves upon
the attention OF the public No new and
startling discovery hUs ever been made
In Fort Worth to cause an unnatural and
unhealthy growth, and while It's progress
has been rapid there have been no cruzes
nor speculative feyers During it's ad-
yancemcut from a town of 100 people
in 1876, when Incorporated until the
present time when its population, in
Guiding Immediately Adjacent suburbs.
viii reach about 30, GOO. the increase has
been steady aud still continues.
lts history is an interesting one. and
like most large cities, its start was as a
military post The United States army,
In seeking for an eligible site for one of
a line of posts then recently designated
10 extend from the Red river southwest
wardly TO the Rio Grande, camped ON
the Trinity river about one mile north
east of where the courthouse of Tarrant
county now stands, the policy of the
government being 10 establish this cor
don Of POSTS for the protection Of the
| frontier against hostile Indians and
bands OF marauders from the Mexican
! territory. Northern Texas. west of the
| lower cross tiuihers, was then in
| hnbited almost exclusively by Indians.
The spot where the dragons encamped
was deemed remarkably eligible for Il
/ garrison ON account OF its elevation and
water supply, but few months later the
/ quarters We're moved 60 point now
| marked by the extreme northern end of
/ Houston street in Fort Worth Ixten.
| siye buildings were erected, and the post
became a base Of supplies Tor more dis
| tnnt posts Ty3e place was christened
! Fort Worth" In honor Of one of the
heroes of the Mexican war; he who
/ storined the Bishops palace in Monterey
/ Ia 1888 the post had a population oil
/ about 100, and settlers We're rapidly
| coming into the place. In November OF
this year the last detachment of tn,
| Second drogoons, under the command o
| Lieutenant Halliday left, During IN,
four wears of it's occupancy Major Ar
mold, IFS founder, had retained the priuci
pal command, being relieved by MOjO
| Merrill In 1888, u short time before I
was abandoned. Major Arnold met hi
death at the hands of the surgeon, of tn
post under peculiarly distressing circum
stances, and his remains now rest In thl
cemetery near this city.
Upon the evacuation. Colonel NJ. \
johnson aud Archie Robinson, the orig
nal owners of the surveys upon whcI
the post had been located. took posses
sion of the premises. In 1861 the popu
latiOn numbered some $50 persons, bu
the Civil war interfered with the town
growth, which, however, gradually con
tinucd. until in the year 1876 Fort Wort
was a thriving town with "A population O
100.
Fort Worth is sometimes called IN
Queen City, the Young Giant an
the city Of Artesian Wells" all o
which are appropriate. IL Is situate
nearly in the center Of the county on
high plateau overlooking the Trinit
river from its high bluffs. lt Is 6l7 fet
ab0ge the sea level. and free from a
/ miaamatic Influences. lts location
such as 10 give It good natural draining,
which has been assisted by the bes
sewer system in Texas, consisting Z
| twenty-eight miles Of sewer mains an
laterals leading 10 the Trinity river b,
low the city. Fort Worth became a cit
M name on Sept %, 1876, when N
town council adopted the general cha
ter Of the state incorporating cities ,
1000 population or over. To show this
Fort Worth contained the necessar
population census was taken and
MS shown that something over hoo PEE
PIE lived IN the four square miles
municipal territory, The business wa
done on the plaza or public square ahOl
the courthouse, at that time fran
structure.
In 1876 ths FIRST railroad was bull
Now there are twelve lines. rllnnii
over one hundred trains q day into ~