The Atlas of Drowned Towns
Stories of displacement, communities, and memories beneath reservoirs.
Featured Town
Detroit, Oregon
Old Detroit began as an Oregon Pacific Railroad labor camp in 1889, and two years later a post office was established in the community. In 1895, lumber magnate A.B. Hammond organized several logging camps near Old Detroit and transported timber to Mill City via the newly named Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad… Read more
“We had a wonderful life. Close-knit communities, close-knit families. And we looked after each other… The dams have done nice things. They took away a tremendous amount, but they did so much to save people's homes and to save from flooding.” — Marie Geer, former resident of Hebron, Oregon