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Desdemona Ghost Town and Eastland County Tour Discoveries
A reminiscence recounts July 4 trips from Comanche visiting Lake Leon, Desdemona’s oil boom era, and Eastland County towns. It notes Desdemona’s rise, tornado wreckage, Lake Leon’s size and water supply to Ranger and Eastland, and compares 1960 county populations with historic booms and local roadways and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland County
Cisco
Ranger
Eastland
German
Rising Star
Carbon
Desdemona
Lake Leon