Externally the story had to do with a family of stockyard workers, but internally it was the story of my own family.
2
Fort Worth lies in the midst of a stock-raising and fertile agricultural region; there is an important stockyard and packing establishment just outside the city; and considerable quantities of cotton are raised in the vicinity.
3
The outer stockyard shown on the plan may have contained storehouses and agricultural workshops, needed for the running of the estate.