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Wimberley’s Lights Bring The Town Into Modern Times
In 1939 crews began stringing lines from San Marcos to Wimberley to bring electricity. Alton Morris recalls 200 workers, brutal days, and pay of a dollar or two daily. Lights first shone on a Saturday afternoon, changing life as Wimberley joined the wider world. By 1946 Pedernales Electric Cooperative rose as a large low-cost supplier.
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San Marcos
Wimberley
Alton Curtis Morris
Carlo
Morris
Texas
Johnson
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
Walter Burnett