🏨 Half-Day Best of Fort Worth Historical Tour with Transportation from Dallas Activity

Half-Day Best of Fort Worth Historical Tour with Transportation from Dallas

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 4 hours

Departs: Dallas, Dallas

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

You can easily take advantage of learning Fort Worth's history, its depth of character and its uniqueness during this 4.5-hour guided, small-group tour. After its birth in the 1840s, and especially between 1866 and 1890, drovers ran millions of cattle through Fort Worth on to the Red River, winding their way north to the rail heads in Abilene, Kansas via the Chisholm Trail.You will feel like you go back in time and wetness Daily Longhorn Cattle Drives. You will have time for a lunch. Please contact local supplier to confirm. Lunch is not included in this tour.

What's Included

Professional historian guide

Live Stock Exchange, 125-acre venue a must see in Fort Worth, home to the world’s only cattle drive

Reach back in time to when cowboys would stop at Fort Worth’s “Hell’s Half Acre” to rest and relax

Transport by air-conditioned minivan with driver

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Lunch

The listed price does not include a parking fee, payable at the time of tour check-in.

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 0 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Minimum age is 1 years
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Face masks required for guides in public areas
Minimum age is 1 years
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza

You and your small group will depart from JFK memorial in Dallas to begin your 4.5-hour tour with a historian as your guide.

Reach back into the past, when cowboys would stop at Fort Worth’s “Hell’s Half Acre” to rest and relax.

• Admission Ticket Free

Dallas

Enjoy great scenery between Dallas and Fort Worth. You will see and hear the history from 1841 to today’s day.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fort Worth Water Gardens

The urban park is frequently billed as a "cooling oasis in the concrete jungle" of downtown. Its focal points are three pools of water and a terraced knoll, which helps to shield the park from the rest of the City.
The quiet, blue meditation pool is encircled with cypress trees and towering walls that are covered in thin plane of water that cascades almost 90 degrees down to the sunken blue water feature. The sound of the water on the walls evokes thoughts of a gentle rain shower. The aerating pool features multiple illuminated spray fountains under a canopy of large oak trees.

The main attraction of the Water Gardens is the active pool, which has water cascading 38 feet (11 m) down terraces and steps into a small pool at the bottom. The active pool experience was built for people to be able to walk down the terraced steps to be surrounded by and experience the power, sounds and motion of water crashing around them.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

JFK Tribute

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave an impromptu speech to thousands of rain-drenched spectators on the front steps of the historic Hotel Texas, now the Hilton Fort Worth, followed by a formal presentation at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

The JFK Tribute in Fort Worth’s General Worth Square marks the place and occasion of the President's historic visit with a beautiful Lawrence Ludtke bronze statue of President Kennedy set within an elegant plaza. Selected quotes from a number of JFK's historic speeches including the famous quote pictured below (no faint hearts image) are featured throughout.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tarrant County Courthouse

The Tarrant County Courthouse was designed by the architecture firm of Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893–1895. It is a pink Texas granite building in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembling the Texas State Capitol with the exception of the clock tower. The cost was $408,840 and citizens considered it such a public extravagance that a new County Commissioners' Court was elected in 1894.
A monument dedicated to Confederate Army soldiers was erected on the grounds by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1953. 1958, a Civil Courts Building was constructed on the west side of the courthouse. In 2012, a $4.5 million renovation to the clock tower was completed,In 2013, the Civil Courts Building was demolished.
The Tarrant County Courthouse currently houses the Tarrant County clerk's office, probate and county courts at law, a law library, and the Tarrant County facilities management department.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District

This guided walking tour takes visitors to historic locations throughout the Stockyards. A personal tour guide will escort you, sharing historical facts and timeless stories along the way. The walking tours are a perfect way to get the lay of the land and plan your adventure at the Stockyards!

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Livestock Exchange Building

This 125-acre venue is one of the most popular stops in Fort Worth and is home to the world’s only cattle drive. You may not drive cattle, but you can still have a great time during this historic walking experience.

• Admission Ticket Free

Cowtown Coliseum

The Cowtown Coliseum – built in 1908 and housing the first indoor rodeo 10 years later

• Admission Ticket Free

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