Drivng Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas 2018
The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, north of the central business district. The 98-acre (40 ha) district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in 1976. They are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866.
The arrival of [railroad]s in 1876 made the area a very important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for business on January 19, 1890, covering 206 acres. On February 7, the Fort Worth Dressed Meat and Packing Company was founded. This facility was operated without profit until purchased by G. W. Simpson of Boston. In an effort to produce revenue, they reached out to the Swift and Armour companies to establish packing houses. By 1886, four stockyards had been built near the railroads. Boston capitalist Greenleif W. Simpson, with a half dozen Boston and Chicago associates, incorporated the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company on March 23, 1893, and purchased the Union Stock Yards and the Fort Worth Packing Company. The Stockyards experienced early success. By 1907, the Stockyards sold a million cattle per year. The stockyards was an organized place where cattle, sheep, and hogs could be bought, sold and slaughtered. Fort Worth remained an important part of the cattle industry until the 1950s. Business suffered due to livestock auctions held closer to where the livestock were originally produced.
The Fort Worth Stockyards now celebrates Fort Worth's long tradition as a part of the cattle industry and was listed on the National Register as a historical district in 1976. The listing included 46 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.
The Stockyards consist of mainly entertainment and shopping venues that capitalize on the Cowtown image of Fort Worth. Home to the famous boot making company M.L. Leddy's which is located in the heart of the Stockyards and The Maverick Fine Western Wear and Saloon where customers can 'belly up' to the bar, relax and have a cold beer while in the Stockyards; just like they did in the days of the big cattle drives, as they shop around the store. The city of Fort Worth is often referred to as Where the West Begins. Many bars and nightclubs (including Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western motif. There is also an opry and a rodeo. The Fort Worth Stockyards are the last standing stockyards in the United States. Some volunteers still run the cattle drives through the stockyards, a practice developed in the late 19th century by the frontiersman Charles Buffalo Jones, who herded buffalo calves through the streets of Garden City, Kansas.
On April 1, 2011, the Fort Worth Stockyards Stables were remodeled and reopened. They are located next door to the Hyatt hotel in an original Historic Stockyards building that was built in 1912. These stables offer full care boarding, overnight boarding, hourly boarding, horse rentals on the open trails of the Trinity River and carriage rides. Boarders can ride their horses all around the Historic Stockyards.
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Fort Worth, TX Stockyards
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Dallas cowboys - Fort Worth Stockyard
Dallas cowboys - Fort Worth Stockyard
The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, north of the central business district. The 98-acre (40 ha) district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in 1976.[1] They are a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866.[2]
The Fort Worth Stockyards now celebrates Fort Worth's long tradition as a part of the cattle industry and was listed on the National Register as a historical district in 1976. The listing included 46 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.[1]
The Stockyards consist of mainly entertainment and shopping venues that capitalize on the Cowtown image of Fort Worth. Home to the famous boot making company M.L. Leddy's which is located in the heart of the Stockyards and The Maverick Fine Western Wear and Saloon where customers can 'belly up' to the bar, relax and have a cold beer while in the Stockyards; just like they did in the days of the big cattle drives, as they shop around the store.[4] The city of Fort Worth is often referred to as Where the West Begins.[3] Many bars and nightclubs (including Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western motif. There is also an opry and a rodeo. The Fort Worth Stockyards are the last standing stockyards in the United States. Some volunteers still run the cattle drives through the stockyards, a practice developed in the late 19th century by the frontiersman Charles Buffalo Jones, who herded buffalo calves through the streets of Garden City, Kansas.[5]
On April 1, 2011, the Fort Worth Stockyards Stables were remodeled and reopened. They are located next door to the Hyatt hotel in an original Historic Stockyards building that was built in 1912. These stables offer full care boarding, overnight boarding, hourly boarding, horse rentals on the open trails of the Trinity River and carriage rides. Boarders can ride their horses all around the Historic Stockyards.
Texas Stage Line in The Stockyard Station in Fort Worth TX
Horse drawn stage coach and carriage rides in The Stockyard Station in Fort Worth TX
Longhorns & Horses at The Stockyards in Fort Worth
Stockyards @ Fort Worth, Texas
Herd 2017
The Old West comes to life before your eyes during the Fort Worth Herd’s twice-daily cattle drive. Genuine Texas cowhands drive a herd of Texas longhorns down Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards National Historic District every day at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Every detail of the cattle drive—from the saddles and chaps to the boots and hats – is authentic and historically true.
Woman Visiting Fort Worth Stockyards: 'It's Too Hot For The Horses'
A Fort Worth woman is leading an online effort to help protect horses working in extreme heat.
Living Sacrifice-Ribs-Fort Worth, TX-Stockyards
Living Sacrifice at Risky's bbq before the show.
What It's like to Ride a horse in the Day of The Cowboy parade in Fort Worth, Texas
Riding Luna through the Fort Worth Stockyards for the Annual Day of the Cowboy parade.
This is what it's like to ride in a parade.
We had a blast.
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Fort Worth Texas Great American Trail Ride on horseback
Petting Zoo at the Fort Worth Stockyards
We went to the Stockyards Wednesday and this is a little video I took of the girls.
FWPD Mounted Patrol in Chisholm Ridge!
360 degree view of old horse stable in the Fort Worth Stockyards
A old horse stable in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
360 degree view of Fort Worth Stockyards Cattle Drive
360 degree view of the daily cattle drive through the Fort Worth Stockyards.
It's told that this is the only daily cattle drive in the United States (which is done twice a daily).
Appaloosa Championship Ranch Riding 2 - In 4K
Turn the volume way up to hear Nick confide at :44 I'm glad I like cars and not horses. Then I school him a bit, reminding him where he is and so forth.
At the very beginning, you can see the judges on the right. They also got excellent seats.
Back to the ride. I don't see spots on this horse so I can't figure how it is an Appaloosa. But a nice horse.
Not a touch on the logs. Great cantor. It broke stride as it headed toward us, which I think was not supposed to happen. Maybe it had never seen humans without cowboy hats on and it got spooked for a moment.
The 360 degree turns were not quite on.
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This is one of a series of short videos shot within a few hours, mostly of interest to my relatives but possibly to others interested in the horse culture and/or Fort Worth Texas. I’m putting it in the description of all the videos, so if you look at more than one of these, this will be a repeat.
My two nephews and their friend were on a road trip from California to Michigan following my oldest nephew's internship for 3 months in California. They were to be staying with us two nights and essentially one full day. Nick had asked me if we could show them around some while they were in the Dallas Fort Worth area. He wisely left the deals of that to me.
Below is a portion of the email I sent with my recommendations:
National Appaloosa Show/World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show
PDF is attached. This event lasts 2 weeks. Go to July 4 to see the schedule. That's a full morning of racing, and very little of it going around in an oval manner. The auction starts even earlier, at 7:30am. This would be full of western-shouting auctioneers and perhaps spirited bidders.
The show is for the participants, which will often outnumber the spectators. Especially on the 4th of July. It's free.
This would be the most authentic Western Experience you could possibly have in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Unlike for instance the Stockyards with the staged cattle drive through the streets, these are real horse people.
In addition to the events, typically spectators can freely roam the stables area. The owners are usually busy washing and grooming the horses. Typically they are also happy to talk to tenderfoots about their beloved horse(s).
End of email pitching the horse show.
Some of my description turned out to be inaccurate, but let’s skip that.
Some was on the conservative side as when I said that often the participants will outnumber the spectators.
My nephew often turn to me with a shocked look on his face when they announced this Horse and Rider was far away, like Massachusetts. I replied that I had seen Australian exhibitors with sheep at the Stock Show.
I have no affiliation with the stock show but I’ll state categorically: They would love to have you. Here’s a link:
Fort Davis NHS
Fort Davis National Historic Site, a National Park Service site in West Texas.
Texas Longhorn Wagon Tours at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Texas Longhorn Wagon Tours is a unique tourist attraction at Leahton Park, 10km from Charters Towers in North Queensland, Australia. Charters Towers is a historical city founded on gold in the 1870's and is situated 135km inland from Townsville. Featuring horse drawn wagon rides viewing the largest herd of purebred Texas Longhorn cattle in Australia as well as 'JR' the longest horned steer in the world as certified by Guinness World Records. 'JR' has horns that measure more than 9' 6 or 2.90m from tip to tip. For more information go to: texaslonghorn.com.au
ch 11) Robber Barons And Rebels
chapter 11: A People's History (Of The United States) Howard Zinn.
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Chapter 11, Robber Barons and Rebels covers the rise of industrial corporations such as the railroads and banks and their transformation into the nation's dominant institutions, with corruption resulting in both industry and government. Also covered are the popular movements and individuals that opposed corruption, such as the Knights of Labor, Edward Bellamy, the Socialist Labor Party, the Haymarket martyrs, the Homestead strikers, Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Eugene V. Debs, the American Railway Union, the Farmers' Alliance, and the Populist Party.
Djibouti | Wikipedia audio article
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Djibouti
00:02:34 1 History
00:02:42 1.1 Prehistory
00:04:16 1.2 Punt
00:05:00 1.3 Ifat Sultanate (1285–1415)
00:06:23 1.4 Adal Sultanate (1415–1577)
00:07:35 1.5 Ottoman Eyalet (1577–1867)
00:08:44 1.6 French Somaliland (1894–1977)
00:11:00 1.7 Djibouti Republic
00:12:08 2 Politics
00:12:30 2.1 Governance
00:15:46 2.2 Foreign relations
00:16:32 2.3 Human rights
00:17:37 2.4 Military
00:19:53 2.5 Foreign military bases
00:21:12 2.6 Administrative divisions
00:21:31 3 Geography
00:21:40 3.1 Location and habitat
00:23:53 3.2 Climate
00:25:38 3.3 Wildlife
00:28:07 4 Economy
00:33:31 4.1 Transport
00:35:01 4.2 Media and telecommunications
00:36:37 4.3 Tourism
00:37:32 4.4 Energy
00:38:43 5 Demographics
00:39:52 5.1 Languages
00:41:05 5.2 Religion
00:42:38 5.3 Largest cities
00:42:47 5.4 Health
00:44:13 5.5 Education
00:46:59 6 Culture
00:48:23 6.1 Music
00:49:43 6.2 Literature
00:51:11 6.3 Sport
00:52:04 6.4 Cuisine
00:53:14 7 See also
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Djibouti ( (listen) jih-BOO-tee; Afar: Yibuuti, Arabic: جيبوتي Jībūtī, French: Djibouti, Somali: Jabuuti, officially the Republic of Djibouti) is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).Djibouti has always been a very active member in the African Union and the Arab League.
In antiquity, the territory was part of the Land of Punt and then the Kingdom of Aksum. Nearby Zeila (now in Somalia) was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. Djibouti joined the United Nations the same year, on 20 September 1977. In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict, which ended in a power-sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition.Djibouti is a multi-ethnic nation with a population of over 942,333 inhabitants. Somali, Arabic and French are the country's three official languages. About 94% of residents adhere to Islam, which is the official religion and has been predominant in the region for more than a thousand years. The Somali (Issa clan) and Afar make up the two largest ethnic groups. Both speak Afroasiatic languages.Djibouti is strategically located near some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, controlling access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. It serves as a key refuelling and transshipment center, and is the principal maritime port for imports from and exports to neighboring Ethiopia. A burgeoning commercial hub, the nation is the site of various foreign military bases, including Camp Lemonnier. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regional body also has its headquarters in Djibouti City.
Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)