Foreword / by Andrew Sansom -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Creating LCRA -- The era of frustration -- False start -- New Deal -- Dams on the river -- Setting up shop -- The ultimate project -- The day LCRA blew up a dam -- Low cost power -- "We have taken over" -- Living better electrically -- Public power's dividends -- The winds of change -- Energy and other crises -- The winds of change -- The power to make a difference -- Water -- Floods and droughts -- Clean water -- Last rights -- Parks and recreation -- The Highland Lakes -- The legend of Hippie Hollow -- The Colorado River trail -- Epilogue: Toward the first hundred years -- Appendix: State water regulatory agencies
