On Saturday we went there for a few hours and had a late lunch at our favorite restaurant there, Trailboss Burgers- best burgers and fried pickles! (Yes, I just said fried pickles...yum!)
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| Enjoying a Dublin Dr. Pepper...Nascar style |
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| Walking on the train tracks |
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| We discovered this new-to-us thing there...a catwalk! |
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| Its a bridge-type thing overlooking animal pens! |
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| There were even a few horses there! |
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| Roundn' up the longhorns... |
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| ...to go walking down Exchange Ave. |
A small history lesson about the Stockyards: Fort Worth was the last major stop along the Chrislom Trail and was established as a trading and cattle center and was thus nicknamed "Cowtown". With the emerging of the Texas & Pacific Railway, Fort Worth became a major hub for the livestock industry. Because Fort Worth was the last major stop along the Trail, Stockyard Station opened to meet the needs of the Cattlemen. This included general stores, banks, hotels, restaurants, and of course saloons, and with all these things came the start of bar fights and shoot outs. (During the summer months you can witness a "real" shoot out and year round you can see a "real" cattle drive!) Since 1900, over 160,000,000 head of livestock have been through Fort Worth.
Information was taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas
http://www.stockyardsstation.com/More-Information/History.html
http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/History.aspx
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