Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Fort Worth Stockyards

Fort Worth Stockyards

Pate, J'Nell

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Travel GeneralGeneral PhotographyRegional: Southwest

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 0738558605
ISBN13: 9780738558608
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Jan 19 2009
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
As early as 1867, Fort Worth held promise as an ideal stockyards. Making their way to northern markets, cattle passed through the city on what became the Chisholm Trail. By 1876, local businessmen urged railroad development, and the establishment of local packing facilities and animal pens followed in the 1880s. The first stockyards opened in 1889. It was not until the nation's two largest meatpacking giants, Armour and Swift, bought into the local market in 1902, however, that the stockyards began to thrive. Fort Worth became the largest stockyards in the Southwest and ranked consistently from third to fourth nationwide. Most major stockyards have now closed, including Fort Worth in 1992. Of these, only Fort Worth has successfully turned its former livestock market into a tourist site, attracting nearly a million visitors annually.

1 different editions

Also available

Also from

Pate, J'Nell

View All

Also in

Regional: Southwest

View All