1923 Map of Granbury 1-b

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The Brazos River carves deep, dramatic oxbows through this portion of Hood County, creating distinctive geographic landmarks like Walters Bend, Carmichael Bend, and Cordova Bend. Surveyed in 1923 by M. A. Roudabush, Delar Kimble, and S. D. Farmer, this landscape reflects a rural Texas economy centered on the river and the Fort Worth and Rio Grande railway. Small communities and family-named landholdings like Waples and Mercer Ranch are scattered across the terrain, connected by the Fort Worth Highway. The density of educational sites, including Shady Grove School, Walnut School, and Harmony School, provides a valuable resource for genealogists tracing early twentieth-century settlement patterns. Notable water features like Rucker Creek and Walnut Creek feed into the Brazos, while Old Mill Rapids hints at earlier industrial uses of the river's descent through the limestone topography.