In the 1900s when the Fort Worth Stockyards were supplying beef, pork and lamb to people throughout the country. With the completion of the railroad line to Fort Worth, Texas in 1876 it made the city a major shipping point for livestock and led to the construction of the 206 acre Union Stockyards, which opened for business on January 19, 1890. The company was not successful because it lacked the money to buy enough cattle to attract local ranchers. The president of the company invited a wealthy Boston businessman, Greenleif Simpson, to Fort Worth, in an effort to get Simpson to invest in the stockyards. Simpson's visit coincided with heavy rains and a railroad strike, so there were more cattle than usual in the yard creating the impression that things were going well. This led Simpson and a half dozen other businessmen from Boston and Chicago to invest in the company. These men changed the name from the Union Stockyards to the Fort Worth Stockyar…