• Alfred M. Hallmark
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Phair Cemetery
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TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS

​Fort Worth Livestock Exchange

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Marker Text: ​Headquarters, one of greatest cattle markets in the world. 
          In late 1860s Fort Worth was stop on cattle trails. Market for West Texas organized 1870s. First trader, T. B. Saunders, Sr., soon was joined by others. 
          First small packing houses were followed (early 1900s) by multi-million dollar plants. By 1910 trading almost doubled. 
          This structure was erected in 1902-03 to house the Stockyards Company, Livestock Commission, and buyers officers, surrounded by lawns (now parking lots). In 1944, was purchased by United Stockyards Corporation. (1967)
Marker No. 2029
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Texas Historic Landmark
Picture
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 32.788921, -97.346542
Location: 201 East Exchange Street, Fort Worth
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  • Alfred M. Hallmark
  • First Baptist Church of Zephyr
  • Military Road
  • Belle Plaine Cemetery
  • Community of Fodice
  • Providence Church and Cemetery
  • Packsaddle Mountain
  • No. 59 Old San Antonio Road
  • Anderson County in the Civil War
  • Smithfield Baptist Church
  • Phair Cemetery
  • New Page
  • New Page
  • New Page