In 1849, Fort Worth was established on the bluff overlooking the West and Clear Forks of the Trinity River. The pony soldiers were to drive the Indians further west, away from the buffalo hunting grounds. Settlers began to arrive, and by the 1860s the little town of Fort Worth had earned the name "Cowtown." A major stop on the Chisholm Trail and the chosen place for cowhands to unwind, Fort Worth is home to nearly half a million friendly folks.