Historical MarkerFort Worth Livestock Exchange
Fort Worth · Tarrant County · Dedicated 1967 · THC Atlas #5439002029
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Fort Worth Livestock Exchange is a historical marker in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7891, -97.3466 near Fort Worth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, Fort Worth Stockyards Museum, and Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439002029. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
