where did the name fort worth come from
History of Fort Worth, Texas
In January 1849 , U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth , a veteran of the Mexican -- American War , proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier , situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River . Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera . General William S. Harney was assigned to Worth 's position . He ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold to find a new fort site near the confluence of the West and Clear Forks . On 6 June 1849 , Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth . In August 1849 , Arnold moved the camp to a north - facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork . The US War Department officially granted the name `` Fort Worth '' to the post on 14 November 1849 . 
In January 1849 , U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth , a veteran of the Mexican -- American War , proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier , situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River . Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera . General William S. Harney was assigned to Worth 's position . He ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold to find a new fort site near the confluence of the West and Clear Forks . On 6 June 1849 , Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth . In August 1849 , Arnold moved the camp to a north - facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork . The US War Department officially granted the name `` Fort Worth '' to the post on 14 November 1849 .
The name 'Worth' came from U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican -- American War who died on 7 May 1849.  On 6 June 1849, Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth. In August 1849, Arnold moved the camp to a north - facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork.  The US War Department officially granted the name `` Fort Worth '' to the post on 14 November 1849.
In January 1849 , U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth , a veteran of the Mexican -- American War , proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier , situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River . On 6 June 1849 , Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth . In August 1849 , Arnold moved the camp to a north - facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork . The US War Department officially granted the name `` Fort Worth '' to the post on 14 November 1849 .