Redwater
grew up around the Daniels and Spence sawmill in 1875. The town was
originally named Ingersoll, after a famous agnostic of the day, Robert
Green Ingersoll. William Thomas Fagan built two more sawmills in the
early 1880s. The town's name was changed to Redwater after the color
of the spring and well water. Farming and lumbering were the economy
until the Red River Army Ammunition Depot and Lone Star Ordnance plant
were built
Redwater
grew up around the Daniels and Spence sawmill in 1875. The town was
originally named Ingersoll, after a famous agnostic of the day, Robert
Green Ingersoll. William Thomas Fagan built two more sawmills in the
early 1880s. The town's name was changed to Redwater after the color
of the spring and well water. Farming and lumbering were the economy
until the Red River Army Ammunition Depot and Lone Star Ordnance plant
were built