Question: What nickname for Fort Worth recognizes its prominent role in the cattle industry?
Answer: Cowtown. The moniker can be traced back to the days when cowboys from South Texas drove their herds along the Chisholm Trail to stockyards in Kansas City. Fort Worth was a major pit stop along the route, and the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railway in 1876 and several stockyards in the following years bolstered the city’s reputation as “Cowtown.”
