Message #6517

[Circle C]

Matt,

   Good story, I am ready for another!

Speaking of the city taking its grip on surrounding land. My grandfathers prototype machinist was an old German by the name of Carl Walther. When I was at Carl's funeral about 8 years ago, they mentioned him settling in a rural community near Crosstimbers. (For those that are not familiar with Crosstimbers, it is one exit outside of Loop 610 in Houston. Darn near downtown Houston.)  He ended up retiring and moving to a small farm outside of Franklin, Tx. My mother's house was in a neighborhood called Tanglewood, again one exit outside of loop 610. She could look out her kitchen window, and she was looking at the Katy prairie. That was less than 40 years ago. It is hard to believe that the sprawl could cover darn near to Brookshire in such a small time frame.