As an example of how dense the post oak forest was around Stephenville as recently as 1898: Ira Cain was returning to town after dark from Raven Hill when his buggy strayed off the sandy path and he became lost among the trees. He was found the next morning in a blackjack tree where he had climbed to escape imaginary wolves. Erath Appeal It was said that a squirrel could climb a tree in Stephenville and not come down until it reached Dublin.