The Watson Family
Grand Prairie, Texas USA is the original home of the Leroy A. Watson Family. On January 5, 1943, the late Leroy A. Watson, originally of Spanish Fork, Utah, and Mona Killough of Austin, Texas were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The couple were favored with 10 children: Leroy Jr. (Lee), Linda, Carol, Keith, Alice, Mary, Walter, Jane, Laura and Nancy. The property has been owned by the Watson family since 1993 and is held in The Leroy Watson Family Revocable Living Trust. It is known as Watson Lake. Returning guests may know it by the earlier informal name Legacy Lake. The lake and its amenities are available seasonally and by appointment to youth camps and related groups with Christian standards. As Watson Lake is private and does not advertise to the general public, reservations are welcome from prior clients or by referral.
Boiling Springs Creek Watershed
Watson Lake originated from the Boiling Springs Creek Watershed Project, Dam #1, Latimer County, Oklahoma. The lake, constructed in 1973 under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, has an elevation of 751 ft., a surface area of 25 acres and is 20 ft. deep at its lowest point. The Trust property surrounding the lake extends 1.1 miles across by .58 miles wide covering an area of 368 acres. Most of the terrain is densely wooded. The lake is fed by artesian springs which also feed the clear rock-lined wading pool near the Lodge. The lake is home to a variety of fish such as bluegill, sunfish, catfish, crappie and bass.
