While in high school, he worked on a cotton farm, stomping cotton.

In its early days, the barn housed mules used on the cotton farm.

Thus, in the course of generation, the farm made the transition from being a cotton farm to a cattle and seed production farm.

As the weevil destroyed cotton farms, many farmworkers moved elsewhere for employment, including urban centers.

Prospering with the surrounding cattle ranches and cotton farms, the community developed as a trade center for the lower part of the county.