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Bird's Fort was a community about northwest of present downtown Dallas in present-day Arlington, Texas (USA). In 1841, when John Neely Bryan established Dallas, he invited the settlers at Bird's Fort to come live in his proposed city. ==History== 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.〔Cutrer, Thomas W.: (Fort Bird ) - ''TSHA Handbook of Texas''〕〔(Fort Tour Systems, Inc. – Bird’s Fort )〕 The garrison was constructed after the battle of Village Creek which occurred on May 24, 1841.〔Frazier, Donald S.: (Battle of Village Creek ) - ''TSHA Handbook of Texas''〕 Bird's Fort was occupied until March 1842 when the garrison was abandoned due to the threat of a Comanche attack. The military installation was the site of the 1843 treaty negotiations between tribal Indians and Anglo settlements in the Red River counties. On August 6, 1843, the ill-fated Snively Expedition was disbanded at Fort Bird.〔Carroll, H. Bailey: (Snively Expedition ) - ''TSHA Handbook of Texas''〕 Bird's Fort was recognized as a Texas historic site in 1936.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bird's Fort, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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