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The Atlas of Drowned Towns explores the histories of the communities that were displaced or disappeared to make way for the reservoirs for what are called “river development projects” -- aka large dams. Beneath the shadows and underneath the reservoirs of these dams lie the remnants of homelands, towns, villages, and other homes that were displaced or eliminated to make way for twentieth-century ideas of progress.
Subjects or Themes
Dams, Displacement, Community Archiving
Project Language(s)
English
Time Period
Geographic Location
Project Categories
Content Type
Mapping, Community Archiving, Digitized Artifacts
Target Audience(s)
Creators
Bob H. Reinhardt
Associate Professor, Department of History and School of the Environment, Boise State University
Project Director
Associate Professor, Department of History and School of the Environment, Boise State University
Project Director
Year(s)
2022
Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location
Boise State University
Software Employed
Labor and Support
Ongoing; approximately 20 hours/week
Project Cost
Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement
Funded in part by:
Cooperative Agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers (Federal Award Identification Number W912HZ2220044)
The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University
Digital Projects for the Public Discovery Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities