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TEXAS HIGHLAND LAKES |
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The
Colorado River is over 900 miles long. Many miles of the Colorado River run
through the Hill Country of Texas. This is not the same Colorado River that
flows out of the state of Colorado to eventually form Lake Powell and the Grand
Canyon.
The Colorado River in Texas ran wild and free for the earliest inhabitants of Texas, like the Apache and the Karankawa and Spanish. It was early Spanish explorers who named the river. But it was not supposed to be Colorado. That name had been given to the Brazos River which has red-colored clay banks. But the name switch stuck. With no concern paid to the fact that there was another Colorado River flowing out of Colorado. |
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After the Texans took over Texas and began to populate the Hill
Country the unpredictable lower Colorado River became an issue. Eventually the
Highland Lakes system of a series of dams was built to harness the prone to
flooding river. Seven dams were built creating seven reservoirs. Also known as lakes. Those 7 lakes have become very popular recreational venues for Texas, each with their own attributes. From West to East, upstream to downstream, there is Buchanan Dam making Lake Buchanan, Inks Dam making Inks Lake, Wirtz Dam making Lake LBJ, Max Starcke Dam making Lake Marble Falls, Mansfield Dam making Lake Travis, Tom Miller Dam making Lake Austin and Longhorn Dam making Lady Bird Lake. |
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LAKE BUCHANAN INKS LAKE LAKE LBJ LAKE MARBLE FALLS LAKE TRAVIS LAKE AUSTIN LADY BIRD LAKE |
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