The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-02
W1OMING'S NEW LAKE.
Scenic Beauty Spot Created by Con-
struction by Huge Dam.

struction by Hinge Dam.
Washington, August 2-The en-
gineers of the Reclamation Service
have added beautiful lake to Wyo-
ming's numerous scenic attractions.
BY closing the entrance to narrow
canyon in the Shoshone river with
the highest dam in the world,
broad mountain meadow has been
changed to a turquoise lake, cover
ing an area of ten square miles more
than a hundred feet deep, The
lake is trimmed by lofty mountains
which in places slope to the waters
edge, and there are numerous bays
where the cliffs rise vertically two
thousand feet in height AS the
lake is located in the region Of the
Yellowstone National Park, the same
wonderful and varied colorings are
found on the rocks which make our
National Park so interesting and at
tractive
In early Geological times, the site
of the now lake was occupied by a
similar body of water During
countless centuries its waters find
ing cracks and crevices in the noun
tain barrier, gradually carved a can
yon through which the lake was fin
ally empted The old lake bed
then became wide grassy meadow
over which grazed the herds of buff
falo, elk and deer and later the
cattle and sheep of the stockmen
When the Shoshone dam, con
crete WEDGE 32S feet high, was plac
ed in the gorge, the meadow was
| submerged, and an enormous reser-
voir was created Today this vast
quantity of water is perpetual
I guarantee TO several hundred far
mers that bountiful crops viii an
nually reward their labors Twenty
miles down the river is a broad leve
plain embracing 10000 acres dot.
| ted with homes of new settlers,
| Waving fields of grain, broad vistas
of alfalfa and sugar beets have re-
| placed a desert waste. Located at
| favorable points on the railroad
| which crosses the irrigated lands are
three thriving towns, whose substan-
tial buildings and large stocks of
goods reflect the prosperity and
success which has attended the eff
forts of the farmers
From a sheep pasture of but little
value, this broad flat has become a |
rich agricultural region which in !
scenic attractions, in delightful eli |
mate, and in crop possibilities is al !
ready taking first rank among the |
prosperous farming communities of
the northwest
The settlers here are cosmopoli- |
tan and up-to-date They come
from almost every part of the Union
and a goodly number are city bred
The subdivision of the lands into
farms of 40 and 80 acres each has
made the settlement compact.
Along the main highway there are
from 6 to 80 homes to the mile,
giving the country suburban ap-
pearance It eliminates the loneli-
ness and isolation so common to
country life With neighbors all
about, social conditions are inn
proved The monotony which has
always Deen tHe pan" ol Jhc idi lhIl .
wife is unknown in these well irri-
rigated valleys The rural tele-
phone, circulating library and wo-
mems clubs all combine to furnish
variety and relaxation. In the Sho-
shone country the mountains all
about are inspiring in their beauty
and grandeur During the period
when the harvests are ripening or
after the crops are gathered, the
campers flock to them. The
streams TEEN with trout and the
national forests abound with big and
little game.
Today there are opportunities 70"
141 families TO obtain homes on this
project and the Reclamation Service
at Washington is sanguine that
every one of these farms will be oc-
cupied before the end of the present
| year.