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Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia
- Author
- Lisa M. Russell
- Narrator
- Tiffany Morgan
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 30 August 2022
- Run Time
- 3 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Lost communities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving racetracks, and even entire towns disappeared. The creation of Lake Lanier displaced more than seven hundred families. During the construction of Lake Chatuge, busloads of schoolboys were brought in to help disinter graves for the community's cemetery relocation. Contractors clearing land for the development of Lake Hartwell met with seventy-eight-year-old Eliza Brock wielding a shotgun and warning the men off her property. Lisa Russell dives into the history hidden beneath North Georgia's lakes.
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Details
- Author
- Lisa M. Russell
- Narrator
- Tiffany Morgan
- Duration
- 3 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 August 2022
- ISBN
- 9798765064221
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History of the Americas, Local history, History
Synopsis
North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state's controversial decision to dam the region's rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever.Lost communities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving racetracks, and even entire towns disappeared. The creation of Lake Lanier displaced more than seven hundred families. During the construction of Lake Chatuge, busloads of schoolboys were brought in to help disinter graves for the community's cemetery relocation. Contractors clearing land for the development of Lake Hartwell met with seventy-eight-year-old Eliza Brock wielding a shotgun and warning the men off her property. Lisa Russell dives into the history hidden beneath North Georgia's lakes.
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