Fort Worth Stockyards

by J'Nell L. Pate

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738558605
• ISBN13: 9780738558608
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"