Q 01/05

Fort Worth is the county seat of which Texas county?

A) Tarrant

B) Denton

C) Parker

D) Wise

Answer · why

A) Tarrant

The city sprawls into Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise counties too, covering nearly 350 square miles.

Q 02/05

The original 1849 army outpost sat on a bluff overlooking which waterway?

A) Brazos

B) Red

C) Trinity

D) Colorado

Answer · why

C) Trinity

The fort flooded in its first year and was moved to the top of the bluff, where the courthouse now stands.

Q 03/05

Which cattle breed's trade historically centered on Fort Worth?

A) Santa Gertrudis

B) Black Angus

C) Brahman

D) Texas Longhorn

Answer · why

D) Texas Longhorn

The city still markets its Western heritage as the 'City of Cowboys and Culture'.

Q 04/05

The city is named for which general, who died of cholera in 1849?

A) Winfield Scott

B) William Jenkins Worth

C) Zachary Taylor

D) William S. Harney

Answer · why

B) William Jenkins Worth

He proposed a line of ten forts along the Texas frontier one month before his death.

Q 05/05

Which major established Camp Worth on the river bank in June 1849?

A) Middleton Tate Johnson

B) Ripley A. Arnold

C) E. S. Terrell

D) Jacob Samuels

Answer · why

B) Ripley A. Arnold

General Harney had ordered him to find a site near the West Fork and Clear Fork.