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Fort Worth Cattle Drive Celebrates 20 years

Fort Worth Herd celebrated 20th anniversary with 20 longhorns drive Friday, May 10, 2019, along East Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards. (more…)

Billy Bob’s History June 13, 1981: George Jones

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This week in Billy Bob's History: On June 13, 1981: George Jones cancelled his first show at Billy Bob’s. He made the show up a few days later and became friends with Billy Bob’s founder, Billy Bob Barnett, who managed him for a short period of time. Jones played at Billy Bob’s 25 times between 1981-2011.

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The Fort Worth Stockyards Once Supplied Beef, Pork and Lamb to People Throughout the Country

In the 1900s when the Fort Worth Stockyards were supplying beef, pork and lamb to people throughout the country. With the completion of the railroad line to Fort Worth, Texas in 1876 it made the city a major shipping point for livestock and led to the construction of the 206 acre Union Stockyards, which opened for business on January 19, 1890. The company was not successful because it lacked the money to buy enough cattle to attract local ranchers. The president of the company invited a wealthy Boston businessman, Greenleif Simpson, to Fort Worth, in an effort to get Simpson to invest in the stockyards. Simpson's visit coincided with heavy rains and a railroad strike, so there were more cattle than usual in the yard creating the impression that things were going well. This led Simpson and a half dozen other businessmen from Boston and Chicago to invest in the company. These men changed the name from the Union Stockyards to the Fort Worth Stockyar…

A Day in the Life at Joe T. Garcia’s Fort Worth’s Most Iconic Restaurant

A summer breeze sweeps across the patio at Joe T. Garcia’s, and water splashes into the sun-kissed pool where generations of this proud family came of age. Tranquility and tradition are the main draws here, but it’s a well-oiled kitchen operation, perfected over eight decades, that keeps the Mexican dishes and margaritas flowing at Fort Worth’s busiest and best-known restaurant. Rarely has an 18-hour workday been made to look so easy.

The Legend of Billy Bob’s Texas (video)

IN THE MOMENT EPISODE 3 - Billy Bob's Texas and Dallas Sonnier