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  • A 19th-Century child's watery gravesite is visible in Bluffton, Texas, because the water level of Lake Buchanan has been receding as drought shrinks the state's largest inland lake. "Most people in Texas probably didn't realize what was under these lakes," says a Texas historical commission official.

    Depleted lakes in Texas reveal towns and graves

    BLUFFTON, Texas | Johnny C. Parks died two days before his first birthday more than a century ago. His grave slipped from sight along with the rest of the tiny town of Bluffton when Lake Buchanan was filled 55 years later.

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  • "If you don't see it now, you might never see it again," said Mrs. Standke, of Center Point, as she and her husband inspected the ruins a mile from where concrete seawalls ordinarily would keep the lake from waterfront homes.

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