My Grandpa

My grandfather said that his grandparents were a little wealthier. They bought a 750 acre ranch to pass on to the family. But they also used it to raise money. They would farm from sun up to sun down growing corn and tomatoes and whatever else you can imagine. They blocked off 300 acres of land to build animal pins so that people can pay them for letting their livestock graze on our land. My grandfather said how the ranch is great fishing because his grandfather always stocked the seven tanks we have with all kinds offish. He used to go fishing at one of the ponds and would catch ten to fifteen catfish every time he went. For fun, there are huge hills on the ranch that have giant rattle snake dins so they would go hunting rattlesnakes. They even found a din at the very top of the hill where they pulled out 103 rattlesnakes. Afterwards, they had all of these rattlesnakes they didn't know what to do with. So, what they did was sell half of the snakes to people so they could get the skin and sell it to local boot shops. The other half of the snakes were to stock up on about three weeks of food.

My grandfather's parents were also farmers. By the time they became farmers their parents had already passed down the ranch. They pretty much worked the same hours and farmed the same way. My great grandfather joined the marines for twelve years, therefore they were moving around the nation from house to house. They still owned the ranch but were not making any money off of it. After my great grandfather got shot in the leg by enemy fire, he decided that was enough of the military and returned back home to Texas to take care of the ranch. My grandfather has the Purple Heart that my great grandfather received in a safe along with the guns and equipment he used in the marines in his garage. When he showed it to me it was one of the most amazing,

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