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(Cont’d from Page 1)MORRIS HOMEowned by J. B. and LuElle from 1945 to 1970. This couple has never traded or purchased arrowheads from others.Located on the Leon River four miles southeast of De Leon, the farm was known as the old Hazzard place. On the Morris’ property were the “soring hole” and “round hdur areas where springs in the river’s banks supplied water, always providing a watering hole. This was an excellent camping spot for Indians of past eras, as evidenced by the many arrowheads found at the location. Even before the property was purchased by J. B. and LuElle, people fromall over the state came to the Hazzards’ farm to huntarrowheads.The ever-present spring-fed watering site was also the scene of many baptisms, froml .al. At n___.J rv» tchurches.Many of the arrowheads in the collection were found following the Comyn flood of 1952 when water cut dithces, some as deep as ten feet, in the ground. They had put out fertilizer in preparation to plant, but after the flood, bulldozers were required to fill in these ditches before planting could be completed. LuElle and J. B. had stayed in De Leon with her parents during all the rain and had to wait three or four days to return home. Even then, persons had to be hired to fix the road before they could complete the trip back home.Where there were ditches, there were arrowheads, and the deeper the ditch, the better the flint. LuElle says she could not even estimate how much flint they count in thoseditches! She also says there isvia Hmiht that flint wmninfl — it
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De Leon Free Press
De Leon, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 30, 1981
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