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Fort Worth Stock Show
The Stock Show is the place to enjoy plenty of fun and family entertainment. The Moos Brothers, the official Fort Worth Stock Show Ambassadors, are promoting them with zest. From the educational exhibits to the livestock barns or the ever-popular midway rides, there?s something for everyone. Stock Show added the sport of team roping to the PRCA event line up. It was held off-site until accommodations could be made in the Coliseum for the 2007 Stock Show.

Easily identified by their attire, Hoss Moos insists on a cowboy hat while Elwood Moos prefers a gimme cap. These Tarrant County natives are fun-loving bulls that will devote their lives to promoting the Stock Show.

In 1896, First Stock Show takes place in March on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth, while the second show coincided with the National Livestock Exchange Convention meeting.

In 1904 Bill Pickett, The Dusky Demon invented bulldogging act at the Stock Show. 1916 saw the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show, held in the Coliseum during Stock Show with the performance by their beloved the first cowgirl.

1918 had another addition of the rodeo that was added to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show. Opening day of the rodeo was the unquestioned highlight of the year for thousands of people. Stock Show adopted Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show as official name. The Northside Coliseum hosted the first indoor rodeo event as strictly a contest; events include ladies' bucking bronco, junior steer riding, men's steer riding and bucking bronco.

After almost fifty decades, special entertainment at the rodeo included an unusual riding team of Zippy riding a Scottish Sheepdog. The animals were owned and trained by Tom Lucia of Weatherford. Finally in 1987 the Stock Show adopted Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show as official name and a year later Will Rogers Equestrian Center opened. In 1996 the Stock Show celebrated its Centennial Anniversary. Charlie & Kit Moncrief Building was opened which included the 1,100 seat W.R. Watt Arena. The bronze statue John Justin and Baby Blue was also erected this year and the Stock Show had a record paid Rodeo attendance of 152,989.

Stock Show now has an expanded schedule of 23 days that features its new Ranching Heritage Weekend. A record 951,000 visitors attend the show. Records were established with over 24,000 head of livestock entered and 14 livestock sales that generated $4,322,675.