Cass eventually started his own family, welcoming Crawford Overton Edwards in 1879 to the family home that still stands along the Clear Fork today – the Edwards’ home place off modern-day Hulen Street. Cass ultimately gave Crawford, his only child, responsibility for running the 4,000 acre Clear Fork ranch after Crawford graduated from college around the beginning of the 20th century. At the time, the ranch supported 250 head of cattle, but it mainly served as a farming ranch on what is arguably the best land in Tarrant County.

Crawford stayed on the ranch and launched his family in 1926 with the birth of Casswell Overton Edwards II. Cass II and his younger sister, Colleen, born in 1928, had the unique experience of growing up between two very different worlds. They lived on the ranch – in the same house as three previous generations of their family – which was operated by horsepower on dirt roads, without electricity or telephones. However, just a few miles from the ranch house, the growing city of Fort Worth boasted new conveniences and advancements.

Cass Edwards I – affectionately known as “Uncle Cass” to friends and family alike – made his last roundup in 1933 at the age of 82. He survived several strokes, but died April 20, 1941, at the age of 90.

Crawford died in 1942, leaving the property in the capable hands of his wife, Willyemae, who managed business affairs until Cass II was old enough to take over. No stranger to managing the ranch, especially while Crawford was in and out of the hospital, Willyemae was a steadfast steward of the ranch during the following decade.