Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas
Arriving in Ft. Worth, with a population around 758,000 you can't help but think that you are in a small town...especially if you come in from the much larger sprawling Houston, which numbers well over two million inhabitants.


One of my first memories of Fort Worth, as a child, was going to it's fabulous zoo. Pictured here, present day... a scary reptile welcomes you... all dressed up for Halloween.

The pink granite courthouse house, built in 1895, sitting on a bluff above the Trinity River is like an anchor at end of Main Street; a street like so many others in town, paved in brick. I straightened this photo twice, and it is still looks lopsided...sorry!

A mural of  long horned cattle serves as a reminder you that you are now in "cowtown".

Come back tomorrow and we will visit the stockyards, where you are guaranteed to see a real cowboy!
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4 comments:

  1. biebkriebelsOctober 30, 2012 at 5:56 AM

    Nice pictures, I like it to get to know cities I have never been.

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  2. KateOctober 30, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    You selected a varied medley of photos to show us this "small town."

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  3. TexWisGirlOctober 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    i've always liked that mural. :)

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  4. UnknownOctober 30, 2012 at 2:12 PM

    The nice thing about Fort Worth is that we have many of the amenities of much larger cities (albeit on a smaller scale) but you can drive almost anywhere in town in under 20 minutes. It also has a slightly rolling terrain in parts unlike its eastern and southern big sisters Dallas and Houston. We love it here!

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