34 Photographs Capture the Fort Worth Stockyards Festivals During the 1990s

   

The Fort Worth Stockyards is a historic district that is located in Fort Worth, Texas, north of the central business district. A 98-acre (40 ha) portion encompassing much of the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District in 1976. It holds a former livestock market which operated under various owners from 1866.

 
From concerts to rodeos to other crowd-pleasing shows, and many other entertainment such as guitar strumming, bull riding, trick roping..., these photographs were taken by Steven Martin that show festivals and other events at the Fort Worth Stockyards in the 1990s.
 
 
Band performing, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993
Cowboy sits on steer during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

A costumed couple during the 1993 Chisholm Trail Roundup at the Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

A pretty lady working the drink booths at the 1993 Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Crowd on Exchange Avenue, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

 
Crowd outside Cadillac Club, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Crowds attending the festival in the Fort Worth Stockyards pass by the hotel, on the corner of Main Street and Exchange Avenue, June 1993

 

Exchange Avenue during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Exchange Avenue during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Exchange Avenue during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Exchange Avenue during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Four teenage girls pose on Exchange Avenue during the festival., Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Locomotive was parked alongside Stockyards Station during the Chisholm Trail Roundup, June 1993

 

Man performs rope tricks, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Stockyards Hotel during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Teenage girls watching scene, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

The roof deck provides saloon patrons a vantage point to watch the crowds at the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Two pretty ladies working the drink booths at the 1993 Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

Two young ladies working the drink booths at the Chisholm Trails Days event at the Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1993

 

A woman working a drink booth poses by a sign reading "Rodeo Naked" during a festival, possibly the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1994

 

Chisholm Trail Roundup parade, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1994

 

Gun-toting sheriff and his deputy pose at a festival at the Fort Worth Stockyards, probably the Chisholm Trail Roundup, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1994

 

Native American Powwow, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1994

 

Three Western gunfighters pose by the White Elephant Saloon in the Ft. Worth Stockyards during a festival, likely Chisholm Trails Days, June 1994

 

A girl performs at a festival at the Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1995

 

Dance performance, Stockyards festival, Fort Worth Stockyards, September 1995

 

Exchange Avenue, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1995

 

Kids dancing at festival, Ft. Worth Stockyards, September 1995

 

The Lone Ranger fights a train robber atop the Tarantula Railroad locomotive's tender, Chisholm Trail Roundup, Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1995

 

Two girls dance at Stockyards festival, Fort Worth Stockyards, September 1995

 

Two pretty Hispanic girls perform a dance at a festival at the Fort Worth Stockyards, June 1995

 

 
Exchange Avenue, the main street in the Stockyards, was closed to traffic during Chisholm Trail Roundup, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1999

 

 
Ft. Worth herd longhorns, Stockyards, June 1999

 

 
Western dudes, Ft. Worth Stockyards, June 1999