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The Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District is where you will experience daily longhorn cattle drives, an authentic cattle auction, a live rodeo, or watch a leather craftsman tool a handmade saddle or pair of boots. We’ll stop by the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and see the Sterquell Wagon Collection. There is also Billy Bobs Texas, the White Elephant Saloon, and Booger Reds.
For the drovers heading longhorn cattle up the Chisholm Trail to the railheads, Fort Worth was the last major stop for rest and supplies. Beyond Fort Worth they would have to deal with crossing the Red River into Indian Territory. Between 1866 and 1890 more than four million head of cattle were trailed through Fort Worth which was soon known as “Cowtown” and had its own disreputable entertainment district several blocks south of the Courthouse area that was known all over the West as “Hell’s Half Acre”. Times change and this area is now knows as the Cultural District.
Just a few miles from the Stockyards we’ll visit the Fort Worth Cultural District where five of the most acclaimed museums in the Southwest are located. There’s the Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
We’ll visit Dealey Plaza where Dallas pays homage to one of its darkest times, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during his 1963 visit. the John F. Kennedy Memorial is an open-roofed, concrete walled monument symbolic of an open tomb. It is not unusual to find flowers and notes placed here. Nearby, the infamous School Book Depository and Grassy Knoll have changed little since that devastating day in our Nation's history.
Would you like to see the beautiful nine bronze Mustangs splashing their way across a stream in Williams Square.
Dallas features more than 20,000 park acres including 18 lakes. Seven days a week from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. (with the exception of special holidays), local farmers display and sell a mouthwatering and eye pleasing selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, herbs and floral plants at the Dallas Farmers Market. A perfect place to leisurely stroll and take in the colorful, glorious sights at this open-air market.
Thanks-Giving Square - private, interfaith and educational - welcomes people of all nations, cultures and religious traditions. A unique chapel and museum honoring Thanksgiving - meditation garden, bells and fountains make this the "Home of American Thanksgiving."
Remember J.R.? We’ll visit Southfork Ranch the internationally renowned site where the “Dallas” television series was filmed.
The Farmers Branch Historical Park is home to several historic structures that range in time from the 1840's to the 1940's. Structures include log cabins, the oldest stone structure on its original foundation in North Texas, and a 1930's gas station.
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