Possum Kingdom reservoir backs up behind a dam on the Brazos river. The nearest town to the park is Caddo (pop 133) 17 women and 116 men. No Walmart. I'm assuming the disparity in the women to men ratio has something to do with oil. We drove by many pump Jacks on the approach road into the park. The name has its origin in 1906. A salesman from Pennsylvania came to Mineral Wells, which is not far from here, to visit the health spa to recuperate from some ailment. While there, he saw an opportunity to get into the hide business. His best source of possum hides was a group of hunters in Palo Pinto county. He called them "the boys from Possum Kingdom". The name stuck and here we are camped next to their namesake lake. When we got here they told us the park was under a boil water advisory. There's always something. I got my yak wet for the first time on this trip. We are here 2 nights and we have decent cell coverage. Whoopee!
Looks like you have the lake to yourself
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