About the Atlas of Drowned Towns
The Atlas of Drowned Towns is a collaborative project that documents and preserves the stories of communities that were displaced or destroyed by dam construction and reservoir creation projects across the American West and beyond.
Our Core Values
Community Focused
Emphasizes the perspectives and experiences of displaced people and their descendants.
Collaborative
Seeks to work with local historical societies, Tribal governments, federal agencies, private companies, and other interested scholars and students.
Comparative
Provides ways to compare, contrast, and learn from the diverse processes and experiences of displacement.
Coherent
Provides a platform by which to navigate between and make sense of the histories of these diverse communities.
Comprehensive
Encompasses myriad communities -incorporated towns, unincorporated villages, Tribal homelands, isolated farms, all erased by reservoirs.
Connected
To the many other scholars and people working on histories of displacement.
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Methodology
Read more about our approach to researching and interpreting histories of inundated communities