The Fate of the Morney-Berry Farm Is Now Tied to the Texas Bullet Train
The Morney-Berry Farm, located about 20 miles south of Dallas, is quiet now. That wasn't always the case. Its patriarch, James Morney, bought the l...
The Morney-Berry Farm, located about 20 miles south of Dallas, is quiet now. That wasn't always the case. Its patriarch, James Morney, bought the land in 1876. He and his descendants worked it hard for four generations. Though they operated just a few steps ahead of survival, the Morneys were duty-bound as a family to hold on to the land. They turned the inhospitable, craggy acreage into a thriving spread of pecan and cedar trees, harvesting hay and corn crops. Driving up the long dirt road to the farm, you no longer see miles of hay fields or pecan tree orchards.