Rusty, the Star-Telegram’s Steer, is Going to the Fort Worth Herd

via: Star-Telegram

Rusty, the Star-Telegram’s longhorn steer, is headed to one of Fort Worth’s most popular attractions.

Sometime in the next several weeks, Rusty will be donated to the Fort Worth Herd. He’s moving on because his pasture at the Star-Telegram’s printing facility is going away soon.

“With our plans to sell the South Plant facility, we’re thrilled to find a great new home for Rusty,” said Star-Telegram Publisher Gary Wortel. “By donating him to the Fort Worth Herd, we know that he’ll be very popular with tourists and business travelers alike, just as he has been with our readers for many years.”

Rusty will be used to educate folks about the history of longhorns and as a greeter for conventions and other events. His first appearance is scheduled to be in September for the Texas Society of Association Executives conventi…
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  • July 18, 2014
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Fort Worth Evolving from Cow Town to Hipster City

via: USA TODAY

Longhorn cattle still roam the streets of this historic cow town.

Twice a day, grizzled men wearing authentic-looking hats, scarves and gloves climb atop of horses and slowly walk a herd of about 20 cattle – horns long enough to lance a human heart from 4 feet away – three blocks from the animals' night pens to the day pens, then back again.

It's a touristy spectacle in the city's historic stockyards sponsored by the visitor's bureau and aimed at the busloads of out-of-towners and gaggles of gawking grade-school students on field trips. But it's also a nod to the city's 19-century importance as a major cattle depot, from where thousands of head of cattle each year would slog north to Kansas City through the Chisholm Trail and onto plates in restaurants in Chicago, Boston and Washington.

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  • June 12, 2014
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