Sunset reflections on water

Royalty-free images by Mike¹ — No. 155 of over 1200 images

Fairfield Lake State Park, Texas, January 27, 2007

We visited Fairfield Lake State Park on our first post-retirement trip.  Retirement wasn’t actually official yet—I was burning up accumulated vacation time and would be returning to check offsite at the end of February.  We planned to travel further but I had developed problems with one of my feet and legs so we headed back home.  It turned out to be cellulitis² and we ended up staying home until an early summer trip to Wisconsin.

Fairfield Lake State Park is a state park located in Freestone County, Texas, United States, northeast of Fairfield on the shores of Fairfield Lake. The park is 1,460 acres (591 ha).²

History³

Fairfield Lake State Park, 1,460 acres, is northeast of the city of Fairfield in Freestone County. The park was acquired in 1971-1972 by lease from Texas Utilities and was opened to the public in 1976.

The history of the area around Fairfield Lake State Park resembles that of much of rural eastern Texas. Long occupied by Native Americans who hunted and fished its waterways, the land was first plowed in the mid-19th century and planted in cotton and corn by Anglo farmers and, about a third of the time, their African-American slaves. Following the Civil War, the crop-lien system took root. Blacks and whites alike worked in the service of the cotton crop until after World War II, when changes in American agriculture and increased employment opportunities away from the farm brought an end to the era of widespread cotton farming. Since that time, cattle ranching has prevailed throughout the region. The human population of the Brown Creek area, never large, is now widely scattered over the region. In this sparsely populated area, Texas Utilities built its dam, creating Fairfield Lake.

Post Endnotes

1. I am sharing some of my public domain images in periodic blog posts.
2. “Cellulitis.” Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, February 6, 2020. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://www.mayoclinic.org.
3. “Fairfield Lake State Park.” Wikipedia, as of September 10, 2021 edit. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org…Fairfield_Lake_State_Park.
4. “Fairfield Lake State Park.” Fairfield Lake State Park History – Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, August 27, 2018. Accessed September 21, 2021. https://tpwd.texas.gov…park_history.

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