A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I made the plunge and became landowners in Henderson County. I am no stranger to this land - its 58.193 acres that sits adjacent to my parents' ± 70 acres.
I was blessed to be raised on these properties; running through the woods, building forts, fishing on the ponds, working cows and baling hay since I was a kid out here. When I was 18 I thought I had enough of the hard work and blood, sweat and cow mess. After being gone a year or two I realized how much I already missed being here.
After a stint in Tyler and a few years in Houston, we decided that my home town was the best place to raise our boys and set down roots and get out of the craziness of the big city. We were blessed for my wife to get a great job offer here and I took the plunge in starting my own small business and both have worked out much better than we could have ever planned. This purchase was made possible by my wife's hard work and sacrifice to get through 9 years of school, and I will always be grateful to her.
A little history on the land: this property was purchased by my great grandfather around 1933. Obviously not as long as some Texans and some of our TBH members have had land in their families, but I am proud to be the 4th generation to work on this place and look forward to slaving my boys as the 5th generation in a few years
The portion we purchased was a part an uncle and aunt had received in the will when my grandmother died. They were in no hurry to sell, but fortunately we came to an agreement on an offer after going back and forth a few times at holidays and family get-togethers.
Here is a Google Earth shot of what we purchased as it looks today, along with what it looked like in 1995 (when I was around 7 years old) and in 1947ish, when my granddad would have been about 15 years old. Ours is in red and my parent's is in green. Images may be a little grainy as I downsized them a little to get them to load.
I was blessed to be raised on these properties; running through the woods, building forts, fishing on the ponds, working cows and baling hay since I was a kid out here. When I was 18 I thought I had enough of the hard work and blood, sweat and cow mess. After being gone a year or two I realized how much I already missed being here.
After a stint in Tyler and a few years in Houston, we decided that my home town was the best place to raise our boys and set down roots and get out of the craziness of the big city. We were blessed for my wife to get a great job offer here and I took the plunge in starting my own small business and both have worked out much better than we could have ever planned. This purchase was made possible by my wife's hard work and sacrifice to get through 9 years of school, and I will always be grateful to her.
A little history on the land: this property was purchased by my great grandfather around 1933. Obviously not as long as some Texans and some of our TBH members have had land in their families, but I am proud to be the 4th generation to work on this place and look forward to slaving my boys as the 5th generation in a few years
The portion we purchased was a part an uncle and aunt had received in the will when my grandmother died. They were in no hurry to sell, but fortunately we came to an agreement on an offer after going back and forth a few times at holidays and family get-togethers.Here is a Google Earth shot of what we purchased as it looks today, along with what it looked like in 1995 (when I was around 7 years old) and in 1947ish, when my granddad would have been about 15 years old. Ours is in red and my parent's is in green. Images may be a little grainy as I downsized them a little to get them to load.
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