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[Dwayne Hargesheimer Album] (open access)

[Dwayne Hargesheimer Album]

An album consisting of newspaper clippings dating from 1963 to 1984. The clippings relate to water issues and the activities of the Abilene (Texas) Water and Sewer Department.
Date: 1963/1984
Creator: Hargesheimer, Dwayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Sayles Lake Abilene Album] (open access)

[Henry Sayles Lake Abilene Album]

An album documenting the development of Lake Abilene, the second of several reservoirs built to insure water for the growing city of Abilene, Texas. The album mostly deals with land sales related to that project. The Sayles family owned a ranch that was impacted by the lake and the family was intimately involved with the lake development.
Date: 1913/1926
Creator: Sayles, Henry, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History