Visitors to the Atlas of Drowned Towns may have noticed a few changes in the last few months: more inundated places added to the directory and map, a beautiful new website and logo designed by Atlas team member and recent Boise State MA in History Rachel Klade, and a preview of the next version ofContinue reading “Project Update: Back to the North Santiam River”
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Welcome to the Atlas of Drowned Towns!
This very simple website is the first small step in a long-term, big project: recovering the histories of the dozens of communities inundated by river development projects — especially large dams — in the American West in the twentieth century. If you know, or even have a hunch, about such communities, please leave a comment!Continue reading “Welcome to the Atlas of Drowned Towns!”