Strictly Forbidden in the 1960s

ID: 1484 ~ Source: Barron, Paul M., interviewed by Stephen Mayes Sloan, October 20, 2009, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview

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Paul M. Barron speaks of how the Brazos river was forbidden from swimming in because of local lore about quicksand, undercurrents, and whirlpools.

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Brazos River

By Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas

The Brazos River proved to be both a blessing and a curse for Waco, providing a constant water supply, means of transportation, and fertile farming ground, but also serving as a site of frequent flooding and destruction. This tension shaped the…