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Fort Phantom
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The lake
is located by a historical site, Fort Phantom Hill. Two
legends
accompany the ghost of this region. According to local
legend,Commanche
warriors once encountered a platoon of calvary
near the
lake. The Commanche fought them and won.But as the victors
were returning
back to their camp, a furious storm broke. As the tribe's
women,children
and old men watched,a flash flood consumed them
,sending
the warriors to their deaths in the lake. "The lake, angered
by the
blood which had been taken, avenged itself," according to the
legend.
An indian maiden named Nadassa was one of those who
watched
the young men die.Grief stricken,she threw herself into the
water to
rest beside her lover. The second involves a wife of a officer
who was
stationed at the fort. After a attack from the commanches,
she could
not locate her husband, and set out to search for him. Her
search
continued on the lake where she was caught up in a sudden
storm which
capsized her boat.She drowned and still searches for
her lover
to this day.
LOCATION
The
Lake is just north of Abilene
