![]() Replacing the grim slaughterhouses and packing facilities that once stood on the site are an array of shops, restaurants, cafés and other forms of entertainment that capitalize on Fort Worth’s ‘Cowtown’ image. Today, the Fort Worth Stockyards celebrates its rich history and long-standing tradition as a center point of the cattle industry with over 40 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Fort Worth remained a vital part of the livestock industry well into the 1950s until local businesses began to suffer due to livestock auctions being held closer to where the livestock were originally produced. The Union Stockyards experienced a tremendous early success, selling up to a million cattle per year within the first decade. By the mid-1880s, four fully equipped stockyards had been built near the railroad tracks, and Fort Worth Union Stockyards was opened in 1890. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the 98-acre area was a former livestock market that operated under various owners for more than 100 years and is the last standing stockyard in the United States today.įort Worth became a major livestock center in 1876 with the advent of the railroad, allowing for the smooth and swift transportation of cattle all over the country. The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic area just north of the central business district in Fort Worth, Texas. Caddo Lake State Park (2 hours 30 min)Īttraction Spotlight: Fort Worth Stockyards George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (2 hours 50 min) Palestine (1 hour 50 min Day Trip from Dallas) ![]() ![]() The Houston Museum of Natural Science (3 hours 40 min) Road trips from Dallas: Angelina National Forest (2 hours 50 min) Pat Mayse State Wildlife Management Area (2 hours) National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (3 hours 15 min) Davy Crockett National Forest (2 hours 40 min) ![]() Dr Pepper Museum & Free Enterprise Institute (1 hour 30 min) Day Trips from Dallas: Lake Murray State Park (2 hours) Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (4 hours) The 25 Best Day Trips from Dallas near me today according to local experts are: ![]()
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