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Summerfield and Park Glen are part of the city of Fort Worth, and residents can enjoy all that Fort Worth has to offer. Cultural offerings include a world-class symphony, ballet and opera. There are also a number of theaters, including the distinguished Bass Performance Center. Fort Worth is known as “the museum capital of the Southwest.” The Amon Carter Museum, which houses one of the premier collections of American art in the country and the Kimbell Art Museum are just two of the city’s popular art museums. Other museums, including the Cattle Raisers Museum and the Stockyards Museum, celebrate the history of Fort Worth. The Pioneer Museum Complex illustrates life in the early days of Fort Worth with a stone house, a log cabin, a smokehouse and a barn.

Fort Worth was settled in 1849 as a military post to protect ranchers. A trading post later took the place of the military post. After the Civil War, cowboys and cattle hands came to the area, followed by other adventurers. When the railroad connected Fort Worth to Dallas, stockyards and meatpackers came to town. In 1912, oil was discovered in the area and Fort Worth became a boomtown again. The city today is a blend of rough-and-tumble history and present day sophistication. There are rodeos at the Cowtown Coliseum and upscale specialty boutiques along Camp Bowie Boulevard. Huge cattle ranches dot the landscape. The Stockyards Station Historical Walking Tours take visitors through the Coliseum to the stockyards and the Livestock Exchange Building. Sundance Square is a monument to urban redevelopment with its blend of shopping, entertainment, businesses and residential areas. This area helped Fort Worth gain the reputation as having “the hottest downtown in Texas.”

Family-oriented attractions are abundant in and around Fort Worth. The nationally acclaimed Fort Worth Zoo houses over 900 species of native animals and exotic creatures from around the globe. Children and adults alike enjoy Texas Town with its old time dry goods store, saloon and jail. A stream winds through the 109-acre Botanic Gardens with its 2,500 species of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. Twenty minutes to the north is the Texas Motor Speedway, seating over 150,000, and hosting racing from the IRL, SCCA and NASCAR. Nearby Arlington is home to the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Water Park. The Texas Rangers play baseball in the city every year and the Dallas Cowboys, Mavericks and Stars round out the local professional sports offerings.

Recreational opportunities range from golf – available at more than one dozen courses – to hiking, biking, and rollerblading on trails in and around the city. Trinity Trails provides 32 miles of paved trails through Foster, Heritage, Trinity and Overton Parks. The city’s parks have ball fields, courts, playgrounds, and picnic areas. There are many lakes in the area for fishing, sailing, swimming and watercraft sports.