The cistern that Noel Vigil-Benitez and his friends jumped into was far below the opening of the hole at ground level. Bastrop County Sheriff's Office The property owner, who was not identified ...

Six months later, Clemson says it has found more than 200 unmarked graves there — many belonging to enslaved people owned by John C. Calhoun, the nation’s seventh vice president, whose ...

Three people and a dog were found dead in a cistern in a Texas corn field on Wednesday, officials said. Delvys Garcia, 37, Denise Martinez, 26, and Noel Vigil-Benitez, 45, were out hunting with a ...

The cistern might not hold any gold, but it’s a valuable piece of history that shows us how far we’ve come in our quest for fresh, clean water. NPS: Brick-lined cistern found during work on ...

ELGIN, Texas — Bastrop County officials have shared more information about how the bodies of three people and a dog ended up in a cistern in an Elgin corn field. The Bastrop County Sheriff's ...