City of Weatherford

Weatherford

Weatherford is a quintessential Texas town with its courthouse square, a history dotted with a cast of colorful characters, and an identity rooted in its history.  Weatherford became a railroad town in the late nineteenth century and quickly emerged as a banking, agriculture and commercial center. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Parker County was one of Texas’ top watermelon producing counties and at one point proclaimed itself the “World’s Greatest Watermelon Center.” Weatherford took advantage of its watermelon title by advertising it on postcards and even erecting a watermelon statue in the courthouse square. In the early days of automobile tourism, Weatherford knew they had to have a selling point, and used the popularity of watermelon to lure in tourists. Today, Weatherford is better known as the cutting horse capital of the world, celebrating its Western heritage roots and thriving equestrian industries.