The Fort Worth Cavalry were an Arena Football League team which operated for a single season, 1994. The Arena organization did not want to abandon the idea of having a franchise in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, a major media market, after the demise of the Dallas Texans (1990-1993), and granted a new franchise to an ownership group in Fort Worth.
The fact that the Cavalry played their home games at the Tarrant County Convention Center, which was poorly suited to Arena Football, or other team sports for that matter, probably contributed to their lack of success financially. On the field, they were somewhat more successful, advancing to the first round of the playoffs after their only campaign. They lost to Orlando and were disbanded shortly thereafter.
Assigned to the duty of locating these forts was General William Jenkins Worth, stationed in San Antonio in command of the Eighth and Ninth departments of the army, which included the vast areas of Texas and New Mexico.
The eastern end of the cordon of forts was to begin, in the words of official instructions, "somewhere near the confluence of the Clear and West forks of the Trinity River," and extend southwestward to the Rio Grande.
Camp Worth was a sight to gladden the wayfarers as they rode into the West-an assemblage of log buildings with their ever freshly whitened walls in regular lines rising from the knee-high grass.
FORTWORTH, Texas - A new "Texas and the Cavalry" exhibit at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in the Stockyards National Historic District highlights FortWorth and Texas' historical connection to our nation's cavalrymen.
As in FortWorth, the Cavalry's presence in Texas was a key contributor to the state's economy, with millions of dollars spent on facilities, supplies, salaries, and food for the horses and mules.
Cavalry regalia including a coat and medals are on display, as well as boots, sabers, canteens, a saddle, and other gear.
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