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A woman in New York told a friend that she was going to Texas on her vacation. Her friend asked her why on earth she wanted to go to Texas?

She said, "I've always wanted to eat some really good Mexican food, and I figure that's the best place to get it. I've always wanted to learn how to two step, and Texas is the home of the two step. And I've always wanted to make love to a good ol boy cowboy type. I figure I can find one there for sure.

After her vacation and when she had returned to work her friend asked her how her vacation in Texas went.

"Did you find your Mexican food?" She said, "We were in San Antonio and found a place on the Riverwalk with the best Tex Mex food I have ever even imagined."

Her friend asked, "Did you get to two step?" She replied, "In the Fort Worth Stockyards, at Billy Bob'…

Fort Worth, Texas, is named for U.S. Army Gen. William Jenkins Worth. He came from humble beginnings in Hudson, New York, where he was born in 1794. After rudimentary schooling he worked as a merchant until he was 18, when he applied for a commission in the Army so he could fight in the War of 1812.

He distinguished himself during the war and went onto an illustrious career in the Army. He fought against the Seminole Indians in Florida and was second in command to General Zachary Taylor during the Mexican War. After the Mexican War, in January of 1849, he was placed in command of the Department of Texas. In that post, he proposed building 10 forts to mark where the west Texas frontier began from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

He never lived to see the forts completed, dieing of cholera in May of 1849. His remains were rei…

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Fort Worth, Texas is named for U.S. Army Gen. William Jenkins Worth