The teenager relayed the discovery to his principal, Robert McDonald. The tragic Paluxy River flood in 1908 uncovered three-toed prints from the Cretaceous period, possibly Acrocanthosaurus, and were discovered by high school student George Adams in the limestone river bed. Squaw Creek Reservoir, which provides cooling water for the power plant, also has become a popular recreation site.
The Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant went online in the mid 1970s and employs over 1,000 people. Under the New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA), Glen Rose built a new water and sewage system in the 1930s, as well as school buildings, a canning plant, and low-water dams. Educational competition from the public-school system caused enrollment to taper off until the institution was shut down. Glen Rose Collegiate Institute, or Glen Rose College, operated as a private, faith-based educational facility from 1889 to 1910. In 1986, work was done to restore the structure to its original design. County funds at the time limited the repair, which eliminated the clock tower. The roof and clock tower were damaged in the 1902 Glen Rose tornado. The second and current courthouse was built in 1894 by architect John McCormick. Somervell County got its first courthouse in Glen Rose in 1882, but the courthouse and all county records burned in 1893. George ransomed Juana from the tribe, but his brother Charles married her in 1848. She was daughter of Maria Josefa Cavazos, and granddaughter of Don José Narciso Cavazos Gonzalez-Hildago who in 1792 received the largest land grant in Texas. Juana Josefina Cavasos Barnard had been captured by Comanches as a teenager.
The Torreys sold their business to George Barnard in 1848, who with his brother Charles moved the Tehuacana store in Limestone County to near Comanche Peak. They bought from, and sold to, the Indians on a banking and credit system, enabling them to also recover stolen horses and human captives. Torrey Trading Houses opened as a part of the Sam Houston peace policy to develop friendly relationships with native tribes. The town of Glen Rose became the county seat. The county was formed and organized in 1875 from Hood County. As they were pushed out by the Comanche, they moved to the Brazos Indian Reservation, and later to OklahomaĬomanche bands continued depredations on settlers until their removal to Oklahoma after 1875. Some Tonkawa men were employed as scouts for the Texas Rangers and United States Army. Like the Wichita, Karankawa and Jumano, the Tonkawa tattooed their bodies and faces. The Tonkawa were hunter-gatherers of the area, and often traded with their allies the Caddo and Karankawa. By 1860, these tribes had moved to Oklahoma. The Caddo tribe of Wichita also inhabited the area. Settlers Memorial bronze work on lawn of the Somervell County Courthouse, ApNative Americans Ĭaddo tribe Anadarko villages were scattered along Trinity and Brazos Rivers.
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