Lake Characteristics. Location: On Village Creek, a tributary of the West Fork Trinity River, just north of Interstate 20 off Arkansas Lane in Arlington. Surface area: 1,939 acres. Maximum depth: 51 feet.
Native Americans believe many birds and animals bring messages to people from the Great Spirit and have magical abilities that empower human beings. The red cardinal is a bird that has monogamous relationships, so Native Americans believe that they symbolize monogamy and romance.
Word Origin and History for cardinal. n. early 12c., one of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the sacred college (short for cardinalis ecclesiae Romanae or episcopus cardinalis), from Latin cardinalis principal, chief, essential (see cardinal (adj.)). Ecclesiastical use began for the presbyters of the chief (cardinal) churches of Rome.