Bird's Fort, Texas

Bird's Fort was a community about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of present downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). In 1841, when John Neely Bryan established Dallas, he invited the settlers at Bird's Fort to come live in his proposed city.[1] The site was named for Major Jonathan Bird, who established a fort there in September 1841 along the Trinity River for protection of the settlements along the Texas frontier.[2]

Birdville, Texas was the first settlement in Tarrant County, Texas and developed from Bird's Fort or Fort Bird.[3]

References

  1. ^ Harper, Cecil, Jr. "Bryan, John Neely". Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbran.html. Retrieved 2006-04-20. 
  2. ^ Fort Tour Systems, Inc. – Bird’s Fort
  3. ^ Birdville, Texas - Handbook of Texas

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