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
Keplar B. Johnson of his time "checking plans, discussing designs, and brooding about what his career might have been had he not been called to the guayule rubber project." Johnson retired from the Forest Service in 1962. He died in February 1972 at age 75 in San Francisco. Keplar B. Johnson Keplar Barth Johnson (November 12, 1896 – February 8, 1972) was an American architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. From 1937 to 1962, he was the Region 5 Architect for the U.S. Forest Service. Johnson was born in November 1896 at Montrose, Colorado. His father, Walter Henry Johnson,