Rolled earth and rock filled, they changed the design, The thickness of the dam's base now a 100 feet times nine, They brought the rock and fill from over a mile away. Anderson's the largest lake found inside the county, Where Cochran had a dairy and cattle ranch for bounty, Named for Leroy Anderson, a very kindly gent, The water district's founder and first president. In the early sixties, a water search began. A whole lot of water from the Delta was sent. A 100,000-acre feet per year's our allotment.
Water comes through the aqueduct built by the state.
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