Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.fortworthstockyards.org
;
Exchange Ave)
Western-wear stores and knickknack shops, saloons
and steakhouses occupy the Old West-era buildings of the Stockyards. City-paid cowboys
on horseback roam the district, answering questions and posing for photos.
Stop into the
Visitor Center
( 817-625-9715;
www.stockyardsstation.com/information
; 130 E Exchange
Ave; 8.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun)
for info; it offers a
self-guided audio walking
tour
($12). Or you can opt for a 90-minute
guided walking tour
( 817-625-9715;
www.stockyardsstation.com/attractions/historic-walking-tour
; Stockyards Station; adult/child from $8/6;
tours
10am, noon, 2pm & 4pm Mon-Sat, noon, 2pm & 4pm Sun)
that leaves from Stockyards Station.
Stockyards Cattle Drive
( drives 11:30am & 4pm daily; )
Don't miss the cattle drive down Exchange Ave.
While it's more surreal than spectacular, it's still interesting to watch a cowboy drive a
small herd of Texas longhorns down the block in front of the Visitor Center. It's a gol-
dang Kodak moment, pardner.
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Cowtown Coliseum
MAP
RODEO
GOOGLE MAP
(
817-625-1025;
www.stockyardsrodeo.com
;
121 E Exchange Ave, Fort Worth; adult/child $15/10;
8pm Fri &
)
For intense rootin'-tootin' action, catch a real live rodeo.
Sat;
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
MAP
MUSEUM
GOOGLE MAP
( 817-626-7131;
www.texascowboyhalloffame.org
;
128 E Exchange Ave; adult/child $5/3; 10am-6pm Mon-
Thu, to 7pm Fri & Sat, 11am-5pm Sun)
Do you know your rodeo clowns from your cowboys?
Learn this important distinction at the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, which features booths
of medals and video footage of each cowboy inductee.
Cattle Auction
MAP
( 800-422-2117;
www.superiorlivestock.com
;
131 E Exchange Ave; from 8am)
The truly curious will
want to venture into this live cattle auction, held every other Friday in a totally high-tech
atmosphere inside the 1903
Fort Worth Livestock Exchange
building. The heifers strut their
stuff on flat-screen TVs and cowboy-hat-wearing ranchers make phone bids on the spot.
Don't be intimidated by the fast-talkin' auctioneer: visitors are welcome to observe.
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