Livestock Legacy: The Fort Worth Stockyards, 1887-1987 (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) by J'Nell L. Pate - 2000-06-01

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Texas A&M University Press, 2000-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. Contents are tight and clean

College Station: Texas A & M, 1992. Reprint. . Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 332 pages. History of the Union Stockyards, which would help shape Fort Worth economy and character. Near Fine/Wraps. No wear, publisher stamp on front endpaper. Item #: E1165. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author, J'Nell Pate, noted Texas and Fort Worth historian. #27 of The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University. Scarce trade paperback is tight, clean and bright. Minor shelf wear on bottom page edge. Very nice, signed unread copy.

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Paperback / softback. New. A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement changed the course of Fort Worth's economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. On July 26, 1887, the Union Stock Yards Company received a charter to do business in an area just north of town. The legacy of that charter: Cowtown. J'Nell L. Pate has spent ten years researching the Fort Worth market, with full access to company records and local archives. The result is a thorough, thoughtful, and colorful examination of the industry and its effects on this city. The early years of the stockyards were years of struggle for local businessmen, but in 1902, national giants Swift and Armour assumed a two-thirds interest in the operations, and from there the market grew to be the largest in the Southwest---and one of the three or four largest in the nation. Decentralization after World War II saw local country auctions and later large feedlot operations set the market on a decline. Pate describes typical… Read More

Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1992. Paperback. New. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches.