Aspirations for the country life are what brought Graham Quisenberry to Parker County from his urban existence in Fort Worth 21 years ago. But unlike many former urban dwellers, Quisenberry knew exactly what he was getting into when he bought a three-acre tract of land in a rural area.

“I rode horses since the time I could walk. I didn’t move out here and get my stable of horses,” Quisenberry says. “I just wanted the rural life and left it at that. I know how much time a horse takes.”