Jonny Goodday

10/22/2026

Fort Worth’s 1895 courthouse came in under budget, yet voters still threw out the officials who built it.

Today, that pink granite landmark remains one of the city’s most recognizable sights. Take a closer look at its history, restored interior, and the political storm it outlasted.

https://jonnygoodday.com/fort-worth-stories/tarrant-county-courthouse-fort-worth-history/

It came in under budget—and still cost the county judge and commissioners their jobs. The story behind Fort Worth’s 1895 courthouse.

10/22/2026

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10/20/2026

Before the Stockyards became a destination, it was a workplace. Swift & Company helped build Fort Worth through railroads, refrigeration, and generations of hard labor. Today, the surviving fragments tell a much bigger story.

Explore the history, photographs, and film in The Last Cut:
https://jonnygoodday.com/fort-worth-stories/swift-meatpacking-plant-fort-worth/

Swift & Company helped build Fort Worth. Explore the workers, packinghouses, and surviving fragments behind the Stockyards story.

10/19/2026

I’ve been giving JonnyGoodday.com a whole new feel. The updated homepage takes you through the Baker Hotel, Fort Worth’s Swift staircase, and Abilene’s old power plant with layered photographs that move as you scroll. It’s a new way to explore the places I photograph and the stories behind them. Take a look and tell me what you think.

Explore the official Jonny Goodday archive of historic places, original films, photography, interviews, and overlooked stories from Texas and beyond.

10/19/2026

We know the outline. The stories behind it deserve a closer look.

From its beginnings as a Spanish mission to the battle of 1836 and the work of preservation, this short documentary explores the people, choices, and complicated history behind one of Texas’s most recognizable landmarks.

Featuring my September 2024 footage alongside historical imagery, The Alamo: What We Choose to Remember reflects on courage, loss, and the responsibility of carrying the whole story forward.

A film by Jonny Goodday.

10/19/2026

There’s more to the Stockyards than the cattle drive. Behind those familiar streets are the workers, families, and stories that helped build Fort Worth.

I sat down with Stockyards Museum director Teresa Burleson to explore the photographs and working history preserved inside the Livestock Exchange Building.

Read the story, watch the film, and tell me: Have you visited the museum?

https://jonnygoodday.com/fort-worth-stories/fort-worth-stockyards-museum-history/

Join Jonny Goodday and museum director Teresa Burleson for the photographs, people and working history behind Fort Worth’s Stockyards Museum.

10/18/2026

The crowd was gone, but reminders of game day were still everywhere.
Before demolition began at LaGrave Field, I photographed the quiet ballpark.. the lights, concession stands, and traces of the Fort Worth Cats still holding their place. My latest article shares those images and reflects on what a city loses when a familiar gathering place disappears.

Did you ever catch a Cats game here? I’d love to hear your memories.

Jonny Goodday’s photographs preserve Fort Worth’s LaGrave Field before demolition, connecting the abandoned ballpark with the Cats and the memories it held.

10/18/2026

In 1950, firefighters rescued a bear cub from a wildfire in the Capitan Mountains. Named Smokey after the character already appearing on posters, he became a living ambassador for wildfire prevention.

In my new short documentary, I visit Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan, New Mexico and reflect on the wildfire aftermath I filmed near Ruidoso. Through historical photographs and original footage, Smokey: The Promise We Inherited explores the bear, the campaign, and why the message still matters today.

What’s your earliest memory of Smokey Bear?

10/17/2026

Before it became a Fort Worth landmark, it was part of a mountain.
Carved from Texas follows the story of Granite Mountain near Marble Falls and the pink granite that helped shape the Texas State Capitol and the Tarrant County Courthouse. Explore the stone’s origins, its journey by rail, the craftsmanship, and difficult labor history behind these enduring buildings.
At the quarry, the missing blocks leave a space. In Fort Worth, they give a city its silhouette.

A short documentary by Jonny Goodday.

10/17/2026

Beneath a quiet stretch of Texas sits a former nuclear missile silo and an extraordinary story about the people who brought it back

Go inside Oplin’s Atlas Missile Museum with Jonny Goodday and Bruce Townsley, where Cold War history and a remarkable community restoration meet.