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The Fort Worth Stockyards, the historic cowboy culture district of Fort Worth, Texas, is known as the World Capital of Texas Cowboy Culture and stands as America's most complete and vibrant living history landmark of Western livestock heritage. Founded in 1867, the district once served as the nation's largest livestock market and rail shipping hub, with millions of cattle passing through annually to eastern markets, forming the core node of the late 19th century Western livestock economy. Today the historic district preserves the authentic 19th century red brick streets, wooden corrals, livestock auction halls, and the historic Chisholm Trail cattle drive route. The twice-daily Texas Longhorn cattle drive is the only authentic urban cattle drive in America. The district is lined with cowboy boot shops, Western wear stores, Texas barbecue restaurants, country music honky-tonks, and Billy Bob's Texas, the world's largest honky-tonk. It is the premier destination to experience Texas cowboy culture, Western livestock history, and authentic Texas flavor, and a living museum of the unique Texas identity.