The original size of the water body was close to 104 acres.
Another fire only 12 miles away grew to 33,000 acres.
Since then, the natural area has grown to nearly 124 acres.
As the evening and night passed, the fire spread to 2,000 acres.
So far, the fund has bought the rights to nearly 700 acres.
Over the years the park was expanded to its current 277 acres.
By late afternoon, the fire was thought to have grown to more than 200,000 acres.
Beyond that, building rights to at least 1.3 million acres would be taken without payment of any kind.
Most houses are on lots of one to two acres.
The size of the school was expanded to 23 acres in 1922.