The historic Fort Worth Stockyards /

"With breathtaking color photography and absorbing historical detail, Carolyn Brown and J'Nell Pate tell the story of the Fort Worth Stockyards, the place that earned the city the nickname "Cowtown." From the rise of the stockyards as a vital railhead for the ranching industry th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pate, J'Nell L. (Author)
Other Authors:	Brown, Carolyn, 1936- (Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Nancy and Ted Paup '74 ranching heritage series.
Subjects:	Stockyards > Texas > Fort Worth > History. Livestock > Texas > Fort Worth > History. Fort Worth (Tex.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works. Marchés aux bestiaux > Texas > Fort Worth > Histoire. PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical. Buildings. Livestock. Stockyards. Texas > Fort Worth. History. Pictorial works.

Table of Contents:

Early Background
Highlights from the Past
Community Concerns
Depression and War
Days at the Yards
Slow Decline
Transforming the Stockyards.