The hill east of the Stephenville square was the location of the wagon yard, a visit to town was an overnight stay for many people in the county. A space for the wagon was rented and that’s where the family slept during the stay in town. Later the hill was Stephenville’s First Monday trade fair grounds until after WWII: “This entire area was crowded with livestock, buggies, wagons, cars, vegetable stands, medicine shows, and Gypsies.”

H. Grady Perry, Grand Ol’ Erath: The Saga of a Texas West Cross Timbers County, Stephenville, Texas, 1974.