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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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