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WALLING BEND, TEXAS. Walling Bend was at the junction of King Creek and the Brazos River in Bosque County. Lake Whitney has covered the site since 1951-52. Walling Bend was named after the families of John and Jesse Walling,qv who moved to the Brazos River valley in the late 1850s or early 1860s.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: William C. Pool, Bosque Territory (Kyle, Texas: Chaparral, 1964).

Karen Yancy

 

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