Yes,,,,now I remember,,,,,,it was part of the Collier Ranch. They have since,,,,,,taken some of their land and developed it into small acreage sites for homes,,,,,,but I have wondered what they did with the lake,,,,,,I have a vague memory of us going there when I was a child. Thank you Eva ----- Original Message ----- From: <TYLERPRYOR@aol.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Lake north of stephenville > The Lake located about 10 miles north of Stephenville on Hwy. 281 was built > by the state as a public works project. > The land belonged to John B. Collier, and he gave the land to the State to > be used as a park. It was named Garner State Park and was later changed to > Stephenville State Park by Special Legislation. The land was to be returned > back to the original owner if it ever ceased to be used as a park. It is my > understanding it finally was returned back to the Collier Estate due to very much > problems of Questionable parties. My wife and I (before Marriage),would use > it as our (Pitching WOO). It was a very good place until the roughhousing > began. > Tyler Pryor > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >