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Fort Worth Stockyards, the Glossary

The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, north of the central business district.^[1]

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28 relations: American bison, Anniversary, Bar (establishment), Billy Bob's Texas, Boston, Cattle, Charles "Buffalo" Jones, Contributing property, Cowtown Coliseum, Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, Garden City, Kansas, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine–Main Street station, Heritage railway, Historic districts in the United States, Livestock, Mission Revival architecture, Motif (visual arts), National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas, Nightclub, Packing house, Rail transport, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Rodeo, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, Texas Historical Commission.
Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places
Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Mission Revival architecture in Texas
Rodeo venues in the United States
Spanish Revival architecture in the United States

American bison

The American bison (Bison bison;: bison), also called the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native to North America. Fort Worth Stockyards and American bison are American frontier.

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Anniversary

An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event.

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Bar (establishment)

A bar, also known as a saloon, a tavern or tippling house, or sometimes as a pub or club, is an establishment retail business that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks.

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Billy Bob's Texas

Billy Bob's Texas is a country music nightclub located in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Cattle

Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.

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Charles "Buffalo" Jones

Charles Jesse Jones, known as "Buffalo Jones" (January 31, 1844 – October 1, 1919), was an American frontiersman, farmer, rancher, hunter, and conservationist.

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Contributing property

In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district significant.

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Cowtown Coliseum

Cowtown Coliseum is a 3,418-seat arena in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that hosts weekly rodeos. Fort Worth Stockyards and Cowtown Coliseum are rodeo venues in the United States.

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Downtown Fort Worth

Downtown Fort Worth is the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Garden City, Kansas

Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States.

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Grapevine Vintage Railroad

The Grapevine Vintage Railroad (GVRR) is an excursion and special event railroad in Grapevine, Texas, USA, that runs from the Grapevine–Main Street station in Grapevine to the Fort Worth Stockyards.

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Grapevine–Main Street station

Grapevine-Main Street station, also known as Main Street Depot, is a train station in Grapevine, Texas.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Historic districts in the United States

Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, archaeological resources, or other properties as historically or architecturally significant.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Mission Revival architecture

The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles.

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Motif (visual arts)

In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas.

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Nightclub

A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.

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Packing house

A packing house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) is a designation awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for historically and architecturally significant properties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations.

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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

The Spanish Colonial Revival style (Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Texas Historical Commission

The Texas Historical Commission is an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the U.S. state of Texas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Stockyards

Also known as Fort Worth Stock Yards, Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District, Stockyards Championship Rodeo.