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The Fort Worth Stockyards
is a National Historic District located in Fort Worth, Texas north of the central business district. The stockyards are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866
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History
The arrival of
railroads in 1876 made the area a very important
livestock center. Fort Worth remained an important part of the
cattle industry until the 1960s.
Today
The Fort Worth Stockyards now celebrates Fort Worth's long tradition as a part of the cattle industry and was designated as a historical district in 1976. Many
bars and
nightclubs (including
Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western
motif. There is also an
opry and a
rodeo. The Fort Worth Stockyards are the last standing stockyards in the United States. Some Fort Worth volunteers still run the cattle drives today. They do it so that people can see what it was like in the 1800s.
See also
- List of Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad