An ancient sketch was found yesterday at the ETU Library. The sketch fell out of a folded map of Texas, a historic map kept within the library from the early 1900’s.
The inked sketch contains an image of a lake and “GC, 1836″ was signed on the back of the sketch.
While at first the sketch appeared to have little meaning the librarian Jeanne May suggested something more, “‘GC’ to me at that date might actually be Carter Greystone. It might even be the lake named after him, Lake Greystone. That lake sure looks familiar.”
Carter Greystone had lived with many settlers around the, now named, Lake Greystone back in early 1800 before he traveled north and disappeared from the history books.
Local historian Robert Montgomery examined the sketch at the site of Lake Greystone, “I can imagine that Carter Greystone may have sat at these very waters and created this image himself on one of the many nights he was here.”
Robert Montgomery continues, “The most astonishing thing about this discovery is that this piece of art is well over 100 years old. In that time mother nature and man has made many changes to the landscape and these waters, yet this picture is outstandingly accurate to the current condition of the lake — it looks like it was drawn today and not back in the 1800’s.”
Experts have verified the art to be old as the date states on the back. They are baffled at the similarity of the reality and imagery and will continue to investigate the situation.
