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 Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 02:38 PM
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Very cool photos. Thank you for the hard work you put in to get them.
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 02:47 PM
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Saw some pics of Highport this morning too.. These are all just incredible..
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 02:48 PM
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Cool Pics
Where did they keep the German POW's, I heard it was in the spillway.
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 02:48 PM
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I was there in 87 when the spillway had water coming over it...Amazing the power of the water below...
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 02:55 PM
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All that's left of Highport is just a parking lot, lol. And there isn't much of it! The Island bar & grill is up to the roof! Lots of boat houses that no one can get to.
The German POW camp was quiet a ways off from the dam, supposedly. I know "about" where it was and I'd like to do a little metal detecting there, lol.
Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:06 PM
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Saw some pics of Highport this morning too.. These are all just incredible.. I have only personally seen that a couple times and that was way back in the 80's, both Whitney and Texoma reached the limit. BTW, I remember striper being awesome at Whitney a couple years later, of course that was before the algae blooms or whatever that crap is. Great photo 
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:17 PM
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The stripers are biting good right now, so I've been told. Of course, there is no where to launch a boat at the moment, lol.
Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:18 PM
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:32 PM
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I was there in 87 when the spillway had water coming over it...Amazing the power of the water below... 87 ??
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:42 PM
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 03:50 PM
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All that's left of Highport is just a parking lot, lol. And there isn't much of it! The Island bar & grill is up to the roof! Lots of boat houses that no one can get to.
The German POW camp was quiet a ways off from the dam, supposedly. I know "about" where it was and I'd like to do a little metal detecting there, lol. I believe you are referring to Camp Howze which was NW of Gainesville on FM 1207, The Gaiinesville Municipal airport is located in theat area. In the '40s it was better knowm for its military training. Highport is running boat "ferry" for people wishing to get to their boats at the boat houses.
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 04:28 PM
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 04:58 PM
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That's crazy. Incredible pics
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 05:07 PM
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Thanks everybody! It's way cooler in person. Heck, you can hear it at least a quarter mile away. That's about how far away you have to park from it. Then, traipse thru the jungle, fire ants, mud and skeeters. The wife said I had a tick on me, but she's about half goofy, lol. It was prolly a doodlebug.
Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 05:20 PM
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All that's left of Highport is just a parking lot, lol. And there isn't much of it! The Island bar & grill is up to the roof! Lots of boat houses that no one can get to.
The German POW camp was quiet a ways off from the dam, supposedly. I know "about" where it was and I'd like to do a little metal detecting there, lol. I thought it was where the old TMC Hospital was?
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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There were a couple of camps, actually. And one moved over by the spillway, but I'm not sure exactly where.
Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 06:05 PM
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What is the likely hood of the water taking out the bridge again that is between Denison and the road over the Dam. I don't know if I have seen the new bridge since it was taken out in 90s.
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/25/15 06:45 PM
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What is the likely hood of the water taking out the bridge again that is between Denison and the road over the Dam. I don't know if I have seen the new bridge since it was taken out in 90s. I got a call from a guy that lives down the road from that bridge. He said the hwy dept. closed that road late yesterday evening. At that time I don't think the road had been destroyed, but it probably has by now. H. Ross Perot paid to have it fixed in '90. The state wasn't fast enough to suit him, I guess.
Mmmm Hmmm
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/26/15 02:58 AM
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Great pictures [url=http://][/url]
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/26/15 04:52 AM
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Very cool. Thx for posting.
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/26/15 10:35 AM
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Neat pics Bet there are a bunch of stripers stacking up right below it!
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/26/15 01:31 PM
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/26/15 01:41 PM
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Cool pics!
I wish we could just relocate that water to somewhere it is needed more!!!
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Re: Lake Texoma Spillway
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05/27/15 02:24 PM
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DG did you see the drone flying around when you were there? It was about 9am when I was on the other side.
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