Comment EI-33910
Received or sent (printed as 4/14/2025)
I am completely opposed to this horrific railroad proposal. It mainly benefits a private foreign company to the detriment of many landowners. Texas Materials, Inc described the area as arid rangeland. Far from it. My family owns property in both Burnet and Lampasas Counties. Burnet County: This land has been in our family’s possession since the 1850’s. We have the original Joseph Alexander surveys. Our grandmother was Margaret Alexander Snell, b.1901. Parts of the original homestead are still visible, the chimneys, cistern, corral and root cellar. That property has several artesian springs. There is a MASSIVE live oak tree that my grandmother said was used by the Indians for councils. This story has been passed down for generations. Lampasas County: This property has been in our family’s possession since 1901. There have been archaeological digs on the property on Sulphur Creek with significant finds of arrowheads and “hooks” made from heelsplitter mussel shells. There is a very old fenced in graveyard, ornate wrought iron. Battle Branch is on our property. This was the scene of one of the major shootouts during the Higgins Horrel feud. It has a historical marker. There are multiple artesian springs on the property which feed into Sulphur Creek, one of the tributaries that supply our drinking water from Kempner Water Supply. There are several limestone bluffs which support diverse wildlife. There is a family of beavers in the creek. The property sits on a cave. My grandfather, Casbeer Snell, Sr.’s, birthplace is still standing on the property which. It is a dog trot house. The limestone cistern is still there. There is another cistern close by. The original buggy road to Lampasas is still visible including a small concrete bridge.
Submitted by: Laura Stair · Lampasas, TX
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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