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Dam Breaks at Placebo Lake in 1913 spurs Rice Farming Tale
In June 1913 heavy rains saturated Victoria and Calhoun counties. The Placedo Dam breached after a gate was raised, water rushed to the bay, and the lock keeper abandoned the scene. The site later became a favored fishing creek. Local lore ties rice farming to J W Bouquet and Lane, with early dam construction by Gregory Brothers and Peck Orange Company.
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Placedo Dam
Paul Freier
Victoria
Calhoun
Placedo
John Schlebach
Boquet
J.W. Bouquet
Louisiana
Oscar Roemer
Bouquet
Chocolate Bayou
Calhoun County
John Kisish
Lane
Lake
Sidney R. Weisiger
Mari-Lou
McCampbell
Ross Clark
McCampbell-Petty Rice and Land Company
Placebo Creek
Union Creek
Zorilla Creek
Lavaca
Texana
Custom House
Linnville
Six Mile Creek
Aquilla
O. Woodruff
John Kisiah
Bermuda
Kisiah
Lake Placebo
Keeran Ranch
Gregory Brothers and Peck Orange Company
Schlebach
Frank Machacek
Gottlieb Charbula