Share Your Story
Help us recover the histories of communities inundated by river development projects like large dams — in the American West. If you know, or have an idea, about such communities, please send a message using the submit below!
Some examples of information you are welcome to share with us:
The name, location and year the inundation happened
What happened to that community? Was it moved?
Share objects, memorabilia about the town like old tapes, coins, city notes.
What dam or river development project led to the community’s inundation?
What historical resources about that community are available?
Share artifacts such as scanned photographs, documents, diary entry.
Community Artifacts
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Community Stories
Check out these histories shared with the Atlas of Drowned Towns, andshare your own.
