Also home to TCU and TWU. Fort Worth is also the birthplace of Western Swing music and the spawning ground of milspec. Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter plane plant is also located in Fort Worth. There are several other large defense contractors in the area.

JFK spent his last night on earth at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth.

Miller Beer has a large brewery in south Fort Worth. Pearl and Pearl Light beer are now made there instead of in San Antonio.