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In 2002, following the opening of Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (now Fort Worth Central Station), train service to the station ceased. The station, as well as the adjacent Santa Fe Freight Building, was passed into private ownership. It is currently used as an 800-seat special event venue under the name Ashton Depot. [4]
The 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo kicked off with the annual ‘All Western’ parade in downtown Fort Worth Saturday morning. Thousands of spectators braved the cold winds as they lined ...
The Mexican Vaquero heritage was scattered through the event during the 2023 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo parade in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Special to the Star ...
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s kickoff parade is Saturday, Jan. 14, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1896. This will be the first All-Western parade since 2020 .
These men were joined by operators of the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company, which was organized in 1893; Armour & Company and Swift & Company, meat packers; and officials of the various railway companies serving Fort Worth. [3] That first show was such a success that organizers gathered again in the fall of 1896 for a two-day event in October to ...
The Fort Worth skyline as viewed from the west. Fort Worth, the 5th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 50 high-rises, 21 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983. [2]
After three years, the All-Western Stock Show Parade will return to Fort Worth on Jan. 14, a cherished tradition in Fort Worth since 1896. Last year, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo parade was ...
Santa Fe Freight Building, circa 1950. Erected in 1938 to replace an existing freight depot, the Santa Fe Freight Building was constructed during the stylistic phase of Art Deco known as PWA Moderne (PWA standing for the Public Works Administration), which combined elements of former architectural styles and was popular for both government and commercial projects. [1]