Author: Texas Mining and Improvement Co., Marble Falls, TexPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marble Falls (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Marble Falls City and Surroundings
Author: Texas Mining and Improvement Co., Marble Falls, TexPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marble Falls (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Marble Falls and Surroundings ...
Author: Texas Mining and Improvement Co., Marble Falls, TexPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marble Falls (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Marble Falls
Author: Jane KnapikPublisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531674854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The waterfalls that gave Marble Falls its name have been covered by Lake Marble Falls since 1951, when a series of dams was completed on the Colorado River to prevent flooding along the river. The possibilities offered by water power at the falls and mining at nearby Granite Mountain encouraged Gen. Adam R. Johnson and his partners to lay out the town of Marble Falls in 1887. In modern times, when the Lower Colorado River Authority lowers the level of the lake, waterfront owners can repair boat docks and guests at nearby hotels and restaurants can see portions of the ancient rocky ledges. Today's Marble Falls, with a population of over 6,000, provides services for the more than 30,000 area residents of surrounding recreation and retirement communities.
Celebrate Marble Falls
Author: Celebrate PublicationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781893524156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority
Author: John WilliamsPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623493412
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Arguably, no other institution has transformed the heart of Texas like the Lower Colorado River Authority. Born in the Great Depression of the 1930s, LCRA built a chain of dams and brought predictability to the cycles of extreme droughts and floods that had long plagued Austin and other communities. It also brought hydroelectric power—and with that, modern-day civilization—to the hard-scrabble regions of Central and South Texas. With those achievements, and the support of powerful political leaders like Lyndon Johnson, LCRA for years was touted as one of the state’s major success stories. But LCRA has never been a stranger to controversy, and while it continues to provide much of the energy and water that fuels the economic engine of Austin and beyond, most people know very little about LCRA. In this book, readers will learn about the forces of nature and politics that combined to create LCRA; the colorful personalities who operated, supported, or fought with the agency; its spectacular successes, periodic blunders, and occasional failures; and its evolution into one of the largest public power organizations in Texas. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Storm Data
Author: Water Levels and Artesian Pressure in Observation Wells in the United States
Author: 1990 Census of Population and Housing
Author: Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Author: Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author: United States. Internal Revenue ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1518
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