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A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.

I remember the river,  flowing so peacefully and slowly you could almost miss its motion I remember the river, mirroring the vastness of the starry sky stretched far beyond the nestled valley I remember the river,  with its deep, dreamy green reflecting neighboring, billowing trees  I remember the river, offering…

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.