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Markertain Fork of the Brazos that flowed out from it was 30 feet wide and a foot deep where it crossed East Broadway.People came from all over to fish in the lake,1' Dr, W. C. Holden, who has been connected with the site since its archaeological value was first hinted, said.He also noted that irrigation wells dropped the OgaJ-lala water formation at the rate of two feet a year, resulting in the springs drying up and the area being “dug out during the 1930s, leaving a Folsom spear point to be discovered to Start study of the site.In 1909 when Lubbock was incorporated, Holden said, city fathers passed the hat” and bought 91 acres including the lake for a potential water supply for the town. Purchase price for the now priceless site was one dollar per acre.Last year the site was placed in the National Register of Historic Places, the first archaeological site in Texas to have that honor.
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Jul 19, 1972
Page 9
Full Page
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