On a stretch of land along Mosier Valley Road in Fort Worth, Jeffrey Pointer shows what his family has long relied on growing naturally across the property.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got natural fruit, berries, blackberries, raspberries and plums. They\u2019re still growing. And it was never planted,\u201d Pointer said.<\/p>\n
Pointer says the land has been in his family for generations; a legacy passed down from his great-grandmother, Beatrice Parker Green. But just weeks ago, he said that legacy was threatened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey called me and said, you know, they were there cutting down those trees,\u201d Pointer said.<\/p>\n
Seven historic trees were cut down as part of a city park project, now reduced to stumps on land Pointer says belongs to his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI called the contractor, and I said, ‘just stop, don\u2019t do anything else, because that you\u2019re on the wrong property’\u2026and they stopped,\u201d Jeffrey Pointer said.<\/p>\n
Pointer said the work halted because his family\u2019s property sits between two lots annexed by the city of Fort Worth from the city of Euless, leaving questions about where the park boundaries actually fall.<\/p>\n
Construction at Mosier Valley Park now sits unfinished, surrounded by equipment and materials.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work has paused at the request of some of the Mosier Valley stakeholders to ensure the boundaries of the park are accurate,” the Fort Worth city attorney said in a statement. “No interviews or further statements are available at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pointer said he has nothing against the city, but they didn’t do their due diligence.<\/p>\n
For Pointer, challenging the City of Fort Worth’s park construction is an issue he says that goes beyond property lines. He says the land holds deep historical significance, sharing photos and stories tied to a family-built schoolhouse created during segregation.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe couldn\u2019t go to school in Euless. They wouldn\u2019t let us. So, they did our own school,\u201d Jeffrey Pointer said.<\/p>\n
Now, on that same land, a new chapter is taking shape. House movers recently moved a building down Mosier Valley Road, placing it on the property to serve as a family land office.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I sat down, it was like my ancestors said we can rest,\u201d Pointer said.<\/p>\n
Pointer says he hopes the moment serves as a reminder for future generations to understand and protect what was passed down to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why they left it here to know it is ours and protect it,\u201d Pointer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On a stretch of land along Mosier Valley Road in Fort Worth, Jeffrey Pointer shows what his family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,97060,73585,97061],"class_list":["post-258779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-jeffrey-pointer","tag-mosier-valley","tag-park-boundaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}