Where is cowtown

The event began as a livestock show in in a field along Marine Creek. It was moved indoors in to the newly built Northside Coliseum. The arena, now called Cowtown Coliseum, is still operating in the Stockyards area. In , the rodeo and stock show moved to Will Rogers Memorial Center. Gene Autry performed at the rodeo that year, becoming the first popular entertainer to appear at a rodeo event, and setting a new trend in Western entertainment.

With industries of cattle and grain booming, banks, restaurants, more entertainment, and modern progress followed. By the end of the 19th Century, Fort Worth was a well-oiled working machine. Population was on the rise and Fort Worth grew yet another industry: meat packing.

Fort Worth became home to one of largest meat packing operations in the West, processing everything from hogs to cattle. More stockyards were built and more supporting business came with them. Streets changed from dust trails to beautiful concrete paths to make way for the booming city. In , Fort Worth had eight operating refineries with four more being built for the nearby East Texas oil boom.

While business grew, so did architecture and culture. Dallas had been chosen as the official site for the Texas Centennial Celebration. Today, the men and women of the Fort Worth Herd pay homage to the city's humble beginnings through the world's only twice-daily cattle drive.

Every day, twice a day at a. Details from their clothing and tools are employed and the experience is historically true to the same drovers that roamed the streets of Fort Worth more than a century ago.

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