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2 Fort Worth now lined with theaters, shops,
and restaurants. The city’s
* 1,702,625. ~ @ Greyhound symphony, ballet, and opera
Lines, 1001 Jones St. n 508 Main St, companies are all housed here.
(817) 698-3300. _ Fort Worth Stock An important museum in this
Show & Rodeo (late Jan–early Feb); area is the Sid Richardson
Main St Fort Worth Arts Festival (Apr).
∑ fortworth.com Museum on Main Street. Housed
in a replica of an 1895 building,
Unlike its flashy neighbor, Dallas, the museum exhibits 60
25 miles (40 km) to the east, Fort paintings of the famed artists
Worth is smaller, much calmer, Frederic Remington and Charles
and more down-to-earth. In M. Russell. Also on Main Street is
many ways it is also truer to its the trompe l’oeil mural of the
Texas roots. Founded in 1849 as Chisholm Trail by Richard Haas.
a US Army outpost, Fort Worth
boomed after the Civil War, when E Sid Richardson Museum
Chisholm Trail cattle drives made The Water Gardens, designed by the 309 Main St. Tel (817) 332 6554.
the city one of the country’s architect Philip Johnson Open 9am–5pm Mon–Thu,
largest livestock markets. 9am–8pm Fri & Sat, noon–5pm Sun.
Although cowboy culture lives E National Cowgirl Museum and ∑ sidrichardsonmuseum.org
Hall of Fame
on in the Stockyards District and 1720 Gendy St. Tel (817) 336-4475.
the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, noon– } Water Gardens
Worth is also a capital of “high” 5pm Sun. &∑ cowgirl.net Houston & Commerce Sts.
culture, with some of the Tel (817) 392-7111.
nation’s finest performing arts Located on the site of Fort
spaces and organizations. P Sundance Square Worth’s historic red-light
Fort Worth has three main areas Tel (817) 255-5700. district of Wild West
of interest. Downtown Fort Worth ∑ sundance saloons, this 5-acre
revolves around Sundance square.com (2-ha) park features
Square. To the north is the Stock- The heart of down- a variety of water-
yards District, where the Wild town, Sundance falls, cascades,
West culture is alive and well. Square’s name is a streams, and
About 2 miles (3 km) to the reminder of the foun tains. Built
west, the Fort Worth Cultural city’s Wild West past, in concrete and
District has some of the country’s when Chisholm Trail designed by
best museums. The National cattle drives used to architect Philip
Cow girl Museum and Hall of come right through Johnson, the Water
Fame honors extra ordinary town, and cowboys Gardens provide a
women of the American West. and outlaws such as Advertisement for Western welcome relief on
Other museums include the Butch Cassidy and wear in the Stockyards District hot summer days.
Modern Art Museum, and the the Sundance Kid
Museum of Science and History, frequented the city’s many P Fort Worth Stockyards
which also houses a planetarium. saloons. Filled with well- National Historic District
While walking is enjoyable in restored commercial buildings Tel (817) 624-4741. ∑ fortworth
and around downtown, a car dating from the turn of the stockyards.org
is essential to get around the 20th century, the brick-paved With its cobble stoned streets,
rest of city. streets of Sundance Square are raised wooden sidewalks, and
street lights like old-fashioned
gas lights, this small but
engaging ten-block neighbor-
hood is located 2 miles (3 km)
north of downtown. Known
as the Stockyards District, it
developed alongside the
sprawling Fort Worth Stockyards,
where each day more than
1 million head of cattle were
sold and shipped to markets in
the eastern United States. Though
the stockyards ceased to be
commercially viable many years
ago, the complex preserves the
old wooden pens and holds
One of the many cowboy-themed saloons of the Stockyards District daily livestock auctions.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp490–91

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