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'''Clifton R. Ammons''', known as '''Cliff Ammons'''  (February 17, 1918 &ndash; July 28, 1981), was an [[educator]] and [[business]]man from Many, [[Louisiana]], who served from 1960 to 1964 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]] as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Sabine Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Sabine Davis Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 26, 2019}}</ref>  

'''Clifton R. Ammons''', known as '''Cliff Ammons'''  (February 17, 1918 &ndash; July 28, 1981), was an [[educator]] and [[business]]man from Many, [[Louisiana]], who served from 1960 to 1964 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]] as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Sabine Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Sabine Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 26, 2019}}</ref>  

Ammons is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a large recreational and power complex on the Louisiana/[[Texas]] border.<ref name=sbindx>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YE0afeGzItoJ:files.usgwarchives.net/la/sabine/newspapers/sindex01.txt+C.R.+Cliff+Ammons+of+Many,+LA&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Headlines from the ''Sabine Index''|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> Toledo Bend encompasses parts of four counties in Texas as well as Sabine and De Soto parishes in Louisiana. It is the largest lake in Texas and the largest waterway of its kind on the borders of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rot04|title=Toledo Bend Reservoir|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is much larger in area, but it is a brackish estuary and not a true lake

Ammons is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a large recreational and power complex on the Louisiana/[[Texas]] border.<ref name=sbindx>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YE0afeGzItoJ:files.usgwarchives.net/la/sabine/newspapers/sindex01.txt+C.R.+Cliff+Ammons+of+Many,+LA&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Headlines from the ''Sabine Index''|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010; no longer on-line.}}</ref> Toledo Bend encompasses parts of four counties in Texas as well as Sabine and De Soto parishes in Louisiana. It is the largest lake in Texas and the largest waterway of its kind on the borders of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rot04|title=Toledo Bend Reservoir|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is much larger in area, but it is a brackish estuary and not a true lake

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==Background==