Cowtown History

This post is my 100th post on Howdy From Cowtown.  Thank you to all my blogland friends for listening to my dribble and I hope that I have not bored you too much.  Having said that I thought I would honor my birthplace today with a little history.  After all, if it weren't for Cowtown my blog might be named Howdy from Dallas or something lame like that (in case you are not from Texas you should know that there is a friendly rivalry between Dallas and Ft. Worth).  No offense to my Dallas friends but life really is too short to live in Dallas!  Amen.
Here goes--
Indians. Cattle. Railroads. Oil. The Western History of Fort Worth reads like the history of the American West.
Did you know that...?
Fort Worth Western History began as an army outpost in 1849, established to protect settlers from Indian attacks.

Soon, Fort Worth became the last major stop on the legendary Chisholm Trail, the dusty path where millions of cattle were driven North to market.

The Western History of Fort Worth was the wild era of "Hell's Half Acre," an area of town filled with gambling parlors, saloons, and dance halls. Later, the railroad transformed the Fort Worth Stockyards into a premier livestock center. And when oil began to gush in West Texas, Fort Worth was at the center of the wheeling and dealing.
Known as "Cowtown" for its rough-and-rowdy roots, Fort Worth still celebrates its colorful Western history and heritage today.
I may start posting random Fort Worth facts/places.  Cowtown really has a lot to offer and quite a colorful past.
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