The Growth of Lake Waco

ID: 1318 ~ Source: Cornett, Patricia Kennedy, interviewed by Brian Reed, November 21, 2008, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Patricia Cornett talks the growth of Lake Waco from the small lake she spent time at as a child in the 1950s.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Lake Waco is a reservoir and artificial lake which serves a variety of functions for the city of Waco. The dam was built in 1929 in order to control flooding of the Bosque River and to provide the city with a reliable water source. In 1961, a modern…