DAY TRIP FROM DALLAS - FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS HISTORY OF THE FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS Just a short drive from Dallas you will find Fort Worth Stockyards, the historical district built on the original stockyards site, celebrating the area’s proud tradition as part of the cattle industry in America. The Stockyards is known as “where the west begins” and is actually the last standing Stockyards in the United States. Between 1866 and 1890 drovers trailed more than 4 million cattle through Fort Worth, giving the city its nickname Cowtown. When the railroad arrived in 1876, Fort Worth became a major shipping point for livestock, so the city built the Union Stockyards in 1887. These days, thousands of visitors from all over the world head to the Stockyards to experience Cowtown and a real western experience. Local volunteers still run the world’s only daily cattle drives through the Stockyards, to the delight of the kids and tourists, and thousands of cattle are still sold from the Exchange Building by satellite video. Plus a town full of entertainment venues, shopping and dining, all dripping in cowboy theme, there’s no reason not to go.
THINGS TO DO AT THE FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS STOCKYARDS CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO Fort Worth Stockyards is home to the world’s only year round rodeo – with the action taking place every single Friday and Saturday night at 8:00pm in the historic Cowtown Coliseum. The two hour Championship Rodeo features bull riding, tie down roping, team roping, barrel racing, bronc riding and break away roping, as well as a calf and mutton scramble with prizes for the kids!
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