Take a trip to Historic Fort Worth - City Where the West Begins
No vacation to the state of Texas would be complete without traveling to historic Fort Worth. In the downtown area visitors find Sundance Square with its great shopping, events and restaurants and the Fort Worth Stockyards where families can enjoy a Championship Rodeo every Friday and Saturday night.
Where else but Fort Worth can visitors experience
a daily cattle drive of Texas Longhorns? The city
"where the west begins" is also known as Cowtown
because its roots are based on the cattle industry.
The history of Fort Worth is also a story of the
history of the American West - Railroads, Oil,
Indians and Cattle.
Fort Worth began as an army outpost in 1849
and soon because the last stop on the legendary
Chisholm Trail, where millions of cattle were driven
North to market. The town filled with saloons, dance
halls and gambling parlors. The railroad and the
discovery of oil in West Texas cemented
Fort Worth’s place a a hub of the Wild West,
full of colorful, rowdy characters.
Today Fort Worth has a treasure trove of museums to celebrate it’s Wild Western heritage, as well as the world’s oldest honky-tonk, Billy Bob’s Texas.
Visit Fort Worth's Historic Downtown
Historic downtown Fort Worth features Sundance Square which also hosts such events as arts festivals and live music. At Sundance Square, visitors find cuisine from Texas burgers to Tuscan to French Country to BBQ'd ribs. Dining is from casual to fine and formal.
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The Fort Worth Stockyards is the history book of the livestock industry in Texas. All the chapters are represented in bricks and mortar, original wood corrals, the men and the music.Indians. Cattle. Railroads. Oil. The Western History of Fort Worth reads like the history of the American West.
Enjoy the Cultural side of Fort Worth
Fort Worth also has a cultural side. Bass Hall offers performing arts and world-famous entertainers and the Fort Worth Opera is the oldest opera company in Texas.
opened in 1972. received the American
Institutes of Architects’ 1998 Twenty-Five Year
Award, conferred each year on a building project
ranging from 25 to 35 years old that exemplifies
design of enduring significance.
The Kimbell Art Museum's permanent collection
ranges from antiquity to the 20th century, including
masterpieces by El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt,
Goya, Monet, Cézanne and Matisse.
The Kimball Art Museum is also one of the few in the Southwest with a substantial collection of Asian arts. There are also small but select collections of Pre-Columbian and African art, as well as Classical, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Antiquities.
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