[News Script: Cedar creek] Page: 1 of 8
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Back in 1959, the 41-thousand-acre triangle bounded by
Trinidad, Athens and Kemp was mainly composed of small
on the lush
farms, with fat cattle grazing pastureland.
Then, as they say in the commercial, something wonder.
ful happened. Wonderful, that is, if you happen to own
land in the area.
MUSIC UP HERE A FEW SECONDSMICKEY MANTLE SIGN
of that land is now underwater,
Cedar Creek Reservoir. More than 80forming the giant
sub-divisions, oneof them headed by Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle, are
taking shape along the shoreline'.AThe pastureland,
which sold for less than 100 dollars an acre six years
ago, .'arved into lots. And lots on the n
S range from four-thousand to eight-thousand dollars.
The lake has about three hundred miles of shoreline.
that figures
And out to staggering number of 50-foot..lots.
The new lake is directly responsible for construction
of a 25 million dollar fertilizer plant near Trinidad.SIGN
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Cedar creek], script, May 15, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc989218/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.