Bronte Kickapoo Dam Project Complete and Seeded
The Kickapoo Creek dam system near Bronte, six structures built to protect farms and town, is finished with five seeded for erosion control. Initiated after the 1953 flood, the project advanced under WCID No. 1 formed in 1959 and directed by Higginbotham and colleagues. Construction bids for sites 1 through 6 totaled about 574,731 dollars with vegetation and maintenance adding 18,225 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyles & Davis
Childress
Coleman
H. F. Construction Co., Inc
San Marcos
Norman ‘R. Riker
Eastern Star Installation Social and List of Past Matrons
A seated tea followed the meeting with a social hour and tea after installation. Past-worthy matrons and patrons include Myra Grace Edna Morrow Willie B Millikin Louvenia Rees Lona Pittman Dorthey Faye Pruitt Royce Fancher Jacob B Morrow Vetal Flores J T Henry Noah Pruitt Jr. Other chapters claim Nell Flores Myra Grace Betty Green Mattie Higginbotham Olive Keeney Betty Lee Orpha Shurley Sallie Yo cham Clifford Clark B B Edminston Paylor Emerson Futha Higginbotham Royce Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Grace
Edna Morrow
Willie B. Millikin
Louvenia Rees
Lona Pittman
Dorthey Faye Pruitt
Royce Fancher
Jacob B. Morrow
Vetal. Flores
J. T. Henry
Noah Pruitt Jr
Nell Flores
Betty Green
Mattie Higginbotham
Olive Keeney
Betty Lee
Orpha Shurley
Sallie Yocham
Clifford Clark
B. B. Edminston
Paylor Emerson
Futha ‘Higginbotham
Royce Lee
Kickapoo WCID Dams Completed Under Texas Act
The Kickapoo WCID, created by a 1959 Texas Legislature act, supervised six dam constructions on Kickapoo Creeks north and west of Bronte. The dams cost 573,730.65 dollars and all sites except one are seeded with protective cover in progress. Directors thank Coke County and the Commissioners Court for survey funding and praise the Soil Conservation Service for its crucial role in protecting life soil and property on the watershed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo
Bronte
Coke County Water Control and Improvement District No
Price Daniel
Robert Lee
F. S. Higginbotham
D. K. Glenn
J. A. Percifull
Preston Davis
Austin Sandusky
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kickapoo Wcid
Texas
Coke County
Commissioners Court
Department ‘of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Higginbotham
W. D. McDonald
Noah Pruitt Sr
Sandusky
Percifull
Davis
Edward Rawlings
Coke County Commissioners Court
Frank C. Dickey
Austin
Dorsey B. Hardeman
WCID
Pres
Hffice
Clarence Rasberry
SCS
Met
S. ‘Hig‘ton
Davis, Coby
Nick Unit
The
Norman R. Riker
A. R. Nesbet
DIAL
Msgrs. of
Farm Machinery
San Angelo
Eastern Star
Resi
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