My ancestors came to this county in 1889. I was the first of my immediate family to move away, moved back in 1995. Gone 25 years. We own quite a bit of farmland, while dad was sick we took care of him, but a lot of thing around the farms fell in disrepair. He died at 94, 2-1/2 years ago. We have our hands full trying to begin to focus on the farm. The land is all rented right now, but I'm on my 3rd try to finish restoring the house at the farm and move there. It is close, but have a couple of issues that I cannot do for myself.
Nature recovers what man does not occupy. When my family moved to this county from Coryell County, it was a blank slate. The prairie sod had not been turned. The county was cut up and established in 1885. There were no trees, tons of prairie dogs and wild animals, few stores water was scarce. After the railroads came in, around 1907, it blossomed. New productive soil, and a way to market the production.
We've lived through many more stages, each with ups and downs. Like most of rural Texas; farms, ranches and oil have blessed the state.
Makes me very angry when the freaks like John F(n) Kerry say they need to confiscate farm land and the Globalist talk about making us eating bugs. And the big corporations and big government both want to destroy the sane people that are still alive.
About a mile from where the house at our farm is a cemetery that was donated by my dad's grandfather, along with land for a church and a school. He was put to rest in that cemetery, and this is on his grave marker.
The Globalist plotters have totally exposed themselves. Texas is not going to starve, we are not going to bow to them, they can “come and take it”. And I don't think they will succeed.This is on the grave marker for my great grandfather pic.twitter.com/D2D3F2GpL6— Dave K. (@TX_1) December 26, 2016
My ancestors came around the same time(late 1880s). Except they moved to Buffalo, NY. They eventually bought dairy farms to the east of there. They had been farmers in Europe too. They came from Belgium/Germany/Poland/Lithunia.
Your fathers marker made me think of The Far Side Cartoon about Santa Anna’s son receiving a Christmas present:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/the-far-side-by-gary-larson—831547518670019299/
Merry Christmas