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No this isn't just an isolated story... this is happening all over Texas and other states... The lakes are drying up and OLD towns are being exposed... check this one out!
Texas finished its driest 12 months ever with an average of 8.5 inches of rain through September, nearly 13 inches below normal. Water levels in the region's lakes, most of which were man made, have dropped by more than a dozen feet in many cases. In an odd way, this drought has provided an opportunity to view and document, where appropriate, some of these finds and understand what they consist of," Most people probably didn't realize what was under these lakes
89 graves were moved starting in 1931 when dam construction began. That's the same year the town's 40 or 50 residents started moving several miles west to the current town, which today amounts to a convenience store and post office at a lonely highway intersection serving 200 residents.
A tour guide stands on the concrete foundation of an old cotton gin in the old Texas town. The gin resurfaced on the now dry lake bed
a rusting tank and concrete slabs from a Texaco service station, at least 20-30 feet underwater, have joined other remnants of this old Texas town.
Rusty nails and other artifacts
Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny Texas town when this lake was filled 55 years later.Now, the cracked marble tombstone ... Now, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date Oct. 15, 1882, which is normally covered by 20 to 30 feet of water, has been eerily exposed as a yearlong drought shrinks one of Texas' largest lakes.
a mold for wagon wheels has joined other remnants, resurfacing on the now dry, sandy lake bed
Other depleted lakes across Texas are revealing much older artifacts. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at Lake Whitney, about 50 miles south of Fort Worth, for removing Native American tools and fossils that experts believe could be thousands of years old
At Lake Georgetown near Austin, fishermen discovered what experts determined was the skull of an American Indian buried for hundreds or thousands of years. It's not clear what will become of the skull, said Kate Spradley, a Texas State University assistant anthropology professor who is keeping it temporarily in a lab. Strict federal laws governing American Indian burial sites bar excavations to search for other remain
No such restrictions exist for the nearly two dozen unmarked graves discovered this summer in a dried-up section of a Navarro County reservoir. Some coffin lids are visible just under the dirt. Crews plan to excavate the site about 50 miles south of Dallas and move the remains to a cemetery, said Bruce McManus, chairman of the county's historical commission. He said the area of Richland-Chambers Lake is on property formerly owned by a slave owner This is a once-in-a-lifetime find ... and maybe the only silver lining in the ongoing drought," McManus said
Very interesting... always remember to get permission and FILL YOUR HOLES!
Chukers
Texas finished its driest 12 months ever with an average of 8.5 inches of rain through September, nearly 13 inches below normal. Water levels in the region's lakes, most of which were man made, have dropped by more than a dozen feet in many cases. In an odd way, this drought has provided an opportunity to view and document, where appropriate, some of these finds and understand what they consist of," Most people probably didn't realize what was under these lakes
89 graves were moved starting in 1931 when dam construction began. That's the same year the town's 40 or 50 residents started moving several miles west to the current town, which today amounts to a convenience store and post office at a lonely highway intersection serving 200 residents.
A tour guide stands on the concrete foundation of an old cotton gin in the old Texas town. The gin resurfaced on the now dry lake bed
a rusting tank and concrete slabs from a Texaco service station, at least 20-30 feet underwater, have joined other remnants of this old Texas town.
Rusty nails and other artifacts
Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny Texas town when this lake was filled 55 years later.Now, the cracked marble tombstone ... Now, the cracked marble tombstone engraved with the date Oct. 15, 1882, which is normally covered by 20 to 30 feet of water, has been eerily exposed as a yearlong drought shrinks one of Texas' largest lakes.
a mold for wagon wheels has joined other remnants, resurfacing on the now dry, sandy lake bed
Other depleted lakes across Texas are revealing much older artifacts. More than two dozen looters have been arrested at Lake Whitney, about 50 miles south of Fort Worth, for removing Native American tools and fossils that experts believe could be thousands of years old
At Lake Georgetown near Austin, fishermen discovered what experts determined was the skull of an American Indian buried for hundreds or thousands of years. It's not clear what will become of the skull, said Kate Spradley, a Texas State University assistant anthropology professor who is keeping it temporarily in a lab. Strict federal laws governing American Indian burial sites bar excavations to search for other remain
No such restrictions exist for the nearly two dozen unmarked graves discovered this summer in a dried-up section of a Navarro County reservoir. Some coffin lids are visible just under the dirt. Crews plan to excavate the site about 50 miles south of Dallas and move the remains to a cemetery, said Bruce McManus, chairman of the county's historical commission. He said the area of Richland-Chambers Lake is on property formerly owned by a slave owner This is a once-in-a-lifetime find ... and maybe the only silver lining in the ongoing drought," McManus said
Very interesting... always remember to get permission and FILL YOUR HOLES!
Chukers
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