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The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, north of the central business district.A 98-acre (40 ha) portion encompassing much of the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in 1976. [1]
On 6 June 1849, Arnold established a post on the banks of the Trinity and named it Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth. In August 1849, Arnold moved the camp to a north-facing bluff that overlooked the mouth of the Clear Fork. The US War Department officially granted the name "Fort Worth" to the post on 14 November 1849.
There are 121 listings on the National Register in the county. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed while a third property has been relocated outside the county. One individually listed property is both a State Antiquities Landmark (SAL) and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) while an additional property is an SAL.
The Star-Telegram reported in 2016 that the building’s over 100-year-old scale was saved, but its current whereabouts are unknown. Visitors flood East Exchange Avenue near Mule Alley in the Fort ...
The almost $1 billion expansion, which will nearly double the size of the Stockyards on what’s now mostly surface parking and livestock pens behind Billy Bob’s Texas, will include at least 295 ...
Mansfield school desegregation incident. The Mansfield school desegregation incident is a 1956 event in the Civil Rights Movement in Mansfield, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In 1955, the Mansfield Independent School District was segregated and still sent its Black children to separate, run down facilities, despite the ...
New bourbon tasting room, restaurant planned in historic Fort Worth Stockyards. Bud Kennedy. September 12, 2024 at 6:30 AM. A Kentucky-based distillery has bought a historic Stockyards cold ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Highest elevation. 640 feet (200 m) The Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR) is an excursion and special event railroad in Grapevine, Texas, USA, that runs from the Grapevine–Main Street station in Grapevine to the Fort Worth Stockyards. GVRR is owned and operated by the City of Grapevine.