<P> Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, a major urban research university, the Arlington Assembly plant used by General Motors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV, Texas Health Resources, American Mensa, and D.R. Horton . Additionally, Arlington hosts the Texas Rangers at the Globe Life Park, the Dallas Cowboys at the AT&T Stadium, the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center, the International Bowling Campus (which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame), and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor . </P> <P> Arlington borders Kennedale, Grand Prairie, Mansfield and Fort Worth, and surrounds the smaller communities of Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego . </P> <P> European settlement in the Arlington area dates back at least to the 1840s . After the May 24, 1841 battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant (Tarrant County is named after him) and Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present - day Arlington (historical marker at 32 ° 42.136 ′ N 97 ° 6.772 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 32.702267 ° N 97.112867 ° W ﻿ / 32.702267; - 97.112867). The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several agriculture - related businesses were well established by the late nineteenth century . </P> <P> Arlington was founded in 1876 along the Texas and Pacific Railway . The city was named after General Robert E. Lee's Arlington House in Arlington County, Virginia . Arlington grew as a cotton - ginning and farming center, and incorporated on April 21, 1884 . The city could boast of water, electricity, natural gas, and telephone services by 1910, along with a public school system . By 1925 the population was estimated at 3,031, and it grew to over 4,000 before World War II . </P>

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