1-25-2008

January 25, 2008

Contact: Natalie Parish, Director of Marketing

817/625-9715

COWTOWN GOES GREEN MARCH 15

FORT WORTH, TX – The Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District is “going green” Saturday,March 15th for the 15th Annual Cowtown Goes Green Celebration 12-5:00 p.m. An all-day St. Patrick’s Day event that is appropriate for all ages. In 2006, the event brought over 13,000 attendees to the Fort Worth Stockyards for a festive day of “green” fun.Cowtown Goes Green Parade

Cowtown Goes Green activities include:

12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Pony rides, petting zoo

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Games and contests with Radio Disney

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Face-painting, balloon artists

1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Live Irish Band

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Fort Worth Herd CowCamp – hands on roping lessons, stick horse races & more

4:00 p.m. Fort Worth Herd Cattle Drive followed by

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Cowtown Goes Green

About the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards

The great Fort Worth Stockyards, once home of the largest livestock market in the Southwest, is now the emergent entertainment district in FW-D metroplex with a twice daily cattle drive, family entertainment, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum, the Historic Livestock Exchange Building, daily historic walking tours, Billy Bob’s Texas, Stockyards Station, Stockyards Championship Rodeo, the Texas Trail of Fame and more.

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