BLUE HOLE was the point in Honey Creek where
the first Hico--Old Hico/Honey Creek Trading Post-- was
built. It was east of HWY 281 and southeast of the current city of Hico
where FM 1602 crosses Honey Creek. There wasat this point a
deep hole of water known as Blue Hole in Honey Creek.
Crockett
Hendrix and his daughter were drowned here in 1904 when they drove
into Blue Hole to water their horses. Blue Hole was eighteen
miles north of Hamilton.