Water Rising

ID: 682 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Wacoans gather at Lovers' Leap to witness the swollen banks of the Bosque River. Flooding was a regular occurrence prior to the construction of the Waco Dam.

This file appears in: Lovers' Leap

Lovers' Leap

By Prisca Bird

A picturesque limestone bluff situated high above the Bosque River, Lovers’ Leap is as dangerous as it is beautiful. On June 28, 1917, the Cameron family purchased a tract of sixty acres featuring the cliff area known as Lovers’ Leap. Though it had…