In an effort to produce revenue, they reached out to the Swift and Armour companies to establish packing houses.

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.

[6] State Antiquities Landmarks also include the entrance sign[7] as well as the Armour & Swift Plaza[8] and the Cowtown Coliseum.

[9] The Stockyards consist of mainly entertainment and shopping venues that capitalize on the "Cowtown" image of Fort Worth.

"[3] Many bars and nightclubs (including Billy Bob's Texas) are located in the vicinity, and the area has a Western motif.

The stables offers horse rentals on the open trails of the Trinity River and carriage rides.