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WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO ... In 1972, two Farmers Branch police officers made
national news with their amateur archeological findings near
Interstate 35 and LBJ. Don Norton and Frank LaRue Jr. in
their spare time recovered more than a thousand arrowheads,
several tomahawks, grindstones, pottery and human skeletons,
some believed to be at least 7,000 years old.
LaRue, now the Henderson County juvenile officer, says he
tried to interest SMU and a couple of archeological groups
in the in the findings. But, he says, "They all wanted
to carry off the artifices and ship them someplace in little
boxes, never to be seen again." He feels they belong to
Farmers Branch.
LaRue and Norton, who is retired and living near the site,
had to outrace gravel operators working at the ancient
Indian campgrounds. Some artifices reportedly ended up in
walls of building in the Farmers Branch industrial district.
The site is not far from the city's proposed historical park
that will eventually house the artifacts - some of which are
now stored in the Athens museum. Submitted by Lilly (Calhoun) Warren
Notes:
- The arrowhead collection is now in the holdings
of the Farmers Branch Historical Park
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