[1][2] In 1841, when John Neely Bryan established Dallas, he invited the settlers at Bird's Fort to come live in his proposed city.

[3] The site was named for Major Jonathan Bird, who established a fort there in September 1841 along the Trinity River, for protection of the settlements along the Texas frontier.

[6] Bird's Fort was occupied until March 1842 when the garrison was abandoned due to the threat of a Comanche attack.

[7] The military installation was the site of the 1843 treaty negotiations between tribal Indians and Anglo settlements in the Red River counties.

[1] Birdville, Texas, (in present-day Haltom City) was the first settlement in Tarrant County and was named after Bird's Fort.