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==Transportation==

==Transportation==

The railroad enabled Fort Worth to build the largest cattle stockyards in the West.  Fort Worth owed much of its late 19th-century economic growth to the cattle industry and especially to the 'Big Five' meat packers - led by Swift and Armour - who controlled the Fort Worth Stockyards Co. after 1902. Beginning in the 1920s, legalistic efforts to break the monopoly of the Big Five gradually accomplished that goal, but by the 1950s, the major packers faced a declining business and subsequently trimmed their operations. Recent efforts to renovate the stockyards and restore the Exchange Building have proven successful as numerous small businesses have opened in the area.  The local butchers struck during the nationwide strike by the Amalgamated Butcher Workman Union against the 'Big Five' meat packers of Chicago during 1921-22. The strike failed, devastating the union; skilled workers were able to go back to their jobs, though many unskilled laborers could not.  

The railroad enabled Fort Worth to build the largest cattle stockyards in the West.  Fort Worth owed much of its late 19th-century economic growth to the cattle industry and especially to the 'Big Five' meat packers - led by Swift and Armour - who controlled the Fort Worth Stockyards Co. after 1902. Beginning in the 1920s, legalistic efforts to break the monopoly of the Big Five gradually accomplished that goal, but by the 1950s, the major packers faced a declining business and subsequently trimmed their operations. Recent efforts to renovate the stockyards and restore the Exchange Building have proven successful as numerous small businesses have opened in the area.  The local butchers struck during the nationwide strike by the Amalgamated Butcher Workman Union against the 'Big Five' meat packers of Chicago during 1921-22. The strike failed, devastating the union; skilled workers were able to go back to their jobs, though many unskilled laborers could not.  

As a transportation hub, the city had a notorious red light district.  The prostitutes worked in parlor houses, dance halls, or independent shacks, did not make much more money than a local domestic servant, were subject to arrest in periodic crackdowns, suffered from disease, and frequently committed suicide.<ref> Richard F.  Selcer, "Fort Worth and the Fraternity of Strange Women," ''Southwestern Historical Quarterly'' 1992 96(1): 54-86, </ref>  

As a transportation hub, the city had a notorious red light district.  The prostitutes worked in parlor houses, dance halls, or independent shacks, did not make much more money than a local domestic servant, were subject to arrest in periodic crackdowns, suffered from disease, and frequently committed suicide.<ref> Richard F.  Selcer, "Fort Worth and the Fraternity of Strange Women," ''Southwestern Historical Quarterly'' 1992 96(1): 54-86, </ref>  

The Dallas-Fort Worth airport is one of the world's largest airports, and the hub of American Airlines.<ref> Darwin Payne and Kathy Fitzpatrick, ''From Prairie to Planes: How Dallas and Fort Worth Overcame Politics and Personalities to Build One of the World's Biggest and Busiest Airports'' (1999). 317 pp.</ref>

The Dallas-Fort Worth airport is one of the world's largest airports, and the hub of American Airlines.<ref> Darwin Payne and Kathy Fitzpatrick, ''From Prairie to Planes: How Dallas and Fort Worth Overcame Politics and Personalities to Build One of the World's Biggest and Busiest Airports'' (1999). 317 pp.</ref>

==Hispanics==

==Hispanics==

The Hispanic population grew slowly from the town's founding in 1849 to become 2.9% of the population by 1949.  

The Hispanic population grew slowly from the town's founding in 1849 to become 2.9% of the population by 1949.