The City of Lewisville and the Denton County Office of History and Culture have teamed up to create a new exhibit titled ‘As Thick as Water—The Story of Lewisville Lake’, which recently opened to the public.
The exhibit uses newspaper articles, obscure facts, maps, and historic photos to trace the development of the body of water. Organizers of exhibits like this can work with a brochure printing company to create informative Booklets about the display.
The lake is actually a reservoir that was first engineered in 1927, when it was known as Lake Dallas. It was built as a flood control measure, and also to provide water for Dallas and the surrounding area. The reservoir was expanded several times in the 1940s and 1950s, and it was renamed in 1957. It was expanded again in 1998 and now is 522 feet mean sea level, and holds 555,000 acre-feet of water. The lake also has 183 miles of shoreline, and many people enjoy using it for recreation.
The construction process also revealed an important archaeological site. The Smithsonian Institution’s Dennis Stanford analyzed the site and concluded it dates back to about 12,000 BP, making it one of the earliest sites of human habitation in the Southwest.
The exhibit can be found at the Lewisville Visitor Information Center on West Main Street. The center is open from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
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