Aerial Gallery 3
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This view of southwestern
Delta County is looking west, just south of the South Sulphur
River. These "drainage channels" are probably a part
of the European farmer's rice and duck-hunting operations, mentioned
in Aerial Gallery 2. Most of the land in the upper third of the
photo would be flooded or lost to mitigation for the proposed
George Parkhouse Reservoirs.
The above two photos are general
views of the southeastern corner of Lamar County, just northeast
of the new confluence of the North and South Sulphur Rivers. The
straightened North Sulphur, the boundary of Lamar and Delta Counties,
can be seen at the upper lefthand part of the photo. Most of the
land in these two views would be flooded or lost to mitigation
by the Marvin Nichols and George Parkhouse Reservoirs.
This is the McConnell
Ranch about a mile or so due-north of the Highway 37 logjam on
the Sulphur River. See the next gallery. Texas Highway 37 runs
north-south (left-right) at the top of the photo. The McConnell
Ranch would be either flooded or lost to mitigation for the Marvin
Nichols Reservoir on Sulphur River.
In the center of this photo is River
Crest Lake between Bogata and Talco. This view is looking south
towards the general horizon vicinity of Winfield and Miller's
Cove. The highway running from the lower righthand corner to the
middle left is US Highway 271 from Paris to Mount Pleasant. Note,
at the middle left, the bridge on Hwy. 271 over the Sulphur River,
which flows west to east (right to left) not too far south of
River Crest Lake. Also note the power line, which enters the picture
from the mid-lower left, goes straight across to the middle right,
then turns and goes perpendicular to what looks like the little
electric power station on River Crest Lake. From the right-center
position in the photograph this power line goes west and then
southwest and eventually intersects the Sulphur River at a point
4-5 miles east of the Highway 37 logjam, as is shown in the next
Gallery. The stream in the distance in the upper right and upper
left, near the horizon, is probably White Oak Creek. I'm not sure.
Much of the land in the upper third of the photo would be flooded
or lost to mitigation for the Marvin Nichols Reservoirs, which
can be imagined as stretching all across the landscape south (above)
River Crest Lake, which itself might be swallowed by the larger
Marvin Nichols Reservoir on Sulphur River.
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