Photo Courtesy of Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau
Photo Courtesy of Grapevine Convention and Visitors BureauTruck farming once big industry in area
Decades before Grapevine became known as the Christmas Capital of Texas, it had another nickname: "The Cantaloupe Capital of the World."
While not an official designation, Grapevine's earliest title pays homage to the bustling enterprise of growing fruits and vegetables known as truck farming — the dominant form of agriculture in the area, particularly prominent from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The first settlers who made their way to Grapevine and northeast Texas in the 1840s and 1850s were drawn by the availability of open land and the opportunity to earn a living from it.
Cattle, cotton, dairy and truck farming emerged as the most important forms of agriculture in the region.
