Lake Somerville
At 8th and Thornberry in front of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office at dam at Lake Somerville at the SW edge of Somerville, Somerville, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1958
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Lake Somerville.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Lake Somerville
Somerville Dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1962 and 1967 to control flooding on Yegua Creek, which had flooded 43 times in the preceding 46 years. Groundbreaking took place in September 1962, when Vice President Lyndon Johnson turned the first shovel of earth. The dam created Lake Somerville as a flood-control and water-supply reservoir.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Lake Somerville
First shovel of earth for Somerville Dam was turned Sept. 22, 1962, by Lyndon Johnson, then vice president of United States. Dam was built to control flooding on Yegua Creek. In the 46 years prior to 1958, Yegua has flooded 43 times, costing lives, crops. Project was finished 1967. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5051008640
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