Banana Bend in 1989
By 1989, Sand dredging on the San Jac had been stopped by efforts of the San Jacinto River Association as well as
the Banana Bend Civic Association. That however had not stopped Open pit sand miners from turning the surrounding
forests into pockmarked moonscapes. Nor had it made the dredgers remove their junked out barges, several of which
can be seen in this photo, parked on the peninsula on the left side of the lake.
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for Rio Villa click here.