Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia Audiobook Libro.fm

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North Georgia has more than forty lakes and not one is natural The states controversial decision to dam the regions 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 communitys cemetery relocation Contractors clearing land for the development of Lake Hartwell met with seventyeightyearold Eliza Brock wielding a shotgun and warning the men off her property Lisa Russell dives into the history hidden beneath North Georgias lakes