Located in a section of the ancient valley Yellowhouse Draw is the Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark. The draw once served as the water resource for the people of the Southern High Plains before it dried out in the early 1930s. Years later, all traces of settler activity were covered by sediment, but in an effort made by the city of Lubbock to revitalize the underground springs, they dredged the area, exposing numerous Folsom Period bison kills.

This discovery unearthed an ancient bison kill from a then unknown Paleoindian group, allowing for the first radiocarbon date. Today excavations are conducted annually to preserve the evidence of people occupying the Southern High Plains for nearly 12,000 years.

Address: Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark, 2401 Landmark Drive, Lubbock, TX, Phone: 806-742-1116

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