Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and Llano County runs down the center of the lake. The lake was originally called Lake Granite Shoals. The dam would be renamed Wirtz Dam in 1952 for Alvin J. Wirtz, the first general counsel of the LCRA, and the lake was renamed to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 in honor of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson. In addition to his work to enact the Rural Electrification Act that formed the basis for building the Texas Highland Lakes, President Johnson owned a ranch on the lake (which was separate and apart from the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas). He
Napoleon B. Johnson attended tribal meetings at Talequah and "...takes unusual interest in tribal affairs and educational work for Indians." In 1920, N. B. Johnson was listed as a Democrat and County Attorney for Rogers County, Oklahoma. p.717. Although Johnson was a member of the Cherokee tribe, his views about the organization needed to cope with the massive Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) extended much farther than a single tribe. In 1944, he was elected as the first president of a new organization, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). About 80 delegates from 50 tribes and associations in 27 states came together