Lost to the Waters

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Jacob Stooksbury Interior of the home of Mrs. Jacob Stooksbury, Loyston, Tennessee. 11/23/1933
Stiner
The homestead of Sherman Stiner, Lead Mine Bend, Union County, Tennessee. Mr. Stiner is a prosperous and progressive farmer. Much of his 1500 acres will be flooded by the Norris Dam reservoir, Stiner raises fine Hereford cattle., 11/08/1933
potato field
Boy plowing potato field with a mule and bull-tongue plow on steep slope on J. W. Melton farm on Andersonville, Tennessee, road. This farm is on the edge of the area to be flooded by the Norris Dam reservoir. 10/24/1933
Curtis Stiner
Curtis Stiner, an example of the mountain farmer of East Tennessee. `I love my mountains, and I want to stay right here the rest of my life if I can.' The flooding of the reservoir area will take his home., 10/26/1933

All historical photos courtesy of National Archives (NARA) and TVA

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