Loyston, Tennessee
A photograph of students at the one-room Oakdale School in Loyston, taken by Lewis Hine in 1933. In the 1930s, the community was displaced through eminent domain to make way for Norris Dam, a project of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
About this community
- Dam
- Norris Dam
- River
- Clinch River
- Established
- 1800
- Inundated
- 1935 or 1936
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $18,016,767
- Property value
- $322,053
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local