First water fills the original Lake Tyler

FirstJanuary 12, 1949. Card 134 of 165.

The original Lake Tyler is on Prairie Creek, and its first water came on January 12, 1949.

The Mud Creek lake was finished in 1967.

A short canal joined the two city-owned water-supply reservoirs on May 29, 1968.

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Sources

Handbook of Texas: Lake Tylertshaonline.org
Handbook of Texas: Whitehouse, TXtshaonline.org

Checked September 29, 2026. How the cards are filed

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