The old well

The old hand dug well's concrete collar is covered with sheet metal, boards and bound with barbed wire. Hand dug wells are common features on land around here - usually shallow, some filled with garbage and most still serving in agriculture.

We hope to uncover and inspect the well and based upon findings of depth and water quality we will consider placing a hand pump over the well.

They moved the house in 1942

We spotted the old crumbly cedar stumps surrounded by dewberry vines and high grass. They served as foundation for a once modest, yet adequate wood frame home overlooking the pasture below.

Our locksmith was familiar with the place - his cousins lived here. He walked around reliving if only for a moment those times he frequented this place years ago. He shared that the house was sold and moved to Brenham in 1942.

We built a barn on a rise east of the old homesite - thinking someday a home may once again be perched upon the hill.