Many years ago, the area around Jacob’s Well was inhabited by the Tonkawa Indians. They lived along rivers and streams. For their shelters, they built teepees and wickiups.

The Tonkawas ate deer and buffalo which were plentiful. They also ate turkey, squirrels, rats, skunks, rattlesnakes, and turtles. They gathered fish, crayfish, snails, and clams from the river.

They also ate nuts, berries, roots, leaves, and herbsl.

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