EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a submission on “Legends of Lampasas” by historian Jeff Jackson, who has researched numerous local history topics. The first part ran in the Oct. 19 edition.
A story appeared in the Texas Folklore Society’s “Legends of Texas” in 1924, and “Straight Texas” in 1966. The legend was titled “The Great Drought and the Waters at Waco” in the former, and “The…