Neighborhood Highlights
Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District
Part of the National Register of Historic Places, the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District is now one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions. With a Wild West atmosphere and modern sources of interest, it’s a great place to discover and learn. It covers 98 acres and retains many attractions related to the cattle industry. Its legacy is part of the city and even much of Texas and the Old West, known for its productivity and prolific cattle industry, which earned the city’s nickname, Cowtown.
Fort Worth Botanical Garden
Growing since 1934, the oldest botanical garden in Texas lures visitors with its 110 acres of fragrant blooms and manicured landscapes. With 23 mesmerizing gardens and floral sights, this urban oasis is certainly one of the must-see attractions in Fort Worth. Stroll through its grounds and be enthralled by its winding footpaths, garden conservatory, stunning city views, and lush greenery. Check out the famed Rose Garden, containing more than 2,000 beautiful roses. Afterward, visit the Japanese Garden, a magnificent trove of cherry trees, koi ponds, waterfalls, bamboo bridges, and sculpted hillsides.
Museum of Science and History
Since 1945, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History has concentrated on teaching children and adults through some fascinating projects and exhibits. For example, there’s an excellent science section in which kids can learn how to figure out the workings of a pinwheel, why a beach ball floats, and all about shadows, light, and reflections. There’s a very well-supplied Lego and art room, too. For older attendees, there’s the planetarium, with some excellent space-related information that entertains and informs.
About Fort Worth
Not long ago, Fort Worth was a rough-and-tumble frontier town, dusty and lawless, home to the brave and the brawling soldier, frontiersman, and outlaw. Originally settled in 1849 as an army outpost along the Trinity River, Fort Worth was one of eight forts assigned to protect settlers from Indian attacks on the looming frontier.
The infamous cattle industry was key for a generation of people working the Fort Worth leg of the historic Chisholm Trail, which ran from the 1860s to the 1870s. Fort Worth became the heart of the state’s ranching industry when the Texas & Pacific Railway arrived in 1876. In the years that followed, oil and aviation brought new wealth to the region, and the city of Fort Worth grew where a camp once stood.
