The Fort Worth Stockyards is a National Historic District located in Fort Worth, Texas north of the central business district. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city The stockyards are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866 [1]
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History
The arrival of railroads in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1960s. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969
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. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Many bars and nightclubs (including Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western motif. A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark Billy Bob's Texas is a popular Country & western nightclub in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. In art a motif is a repeated idea pattern image or theme Paisley designs are referred to as motifs There is also an opry and a rodeo. An opry is generally an establishment that features live Country music, the most famous example being the Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville Tennessee, but it Rodeo (ˈroʊdioʊ or /roʊˈdeɪoʊ/ is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States 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 1800's.
See also
External links
- Official Stockyards Website
- Fort Worth Stockyards from the Handbook of Texas Online
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