In the August, 1912 Stephenville Tribune, Will Hickey wrote that Alarm Creek, where he grew up, was once fresh, spring fed, with an abundance of fish. But when the area timber was cut, and the grass grazed away, the creek dried up, “It’s glory has departed forever.”

1840: “The Rio Bosquere is a beautiful clear stream which enters the Brazos from the west. Towards the head of this stream the country is beautiful, and the land rich and well timbered.” The Comanche called this area Teha Lanna, the land of beauty.

George W. Bonnell. Topographical Description of Texas, 1840. Reprinted by Texian Press, 1964, 79-95.