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Tango01 | 31 Dec 2015 3:09 p.m. PST |
… Long-Sunken Oregon Town. "The historic drought that has persisted for upwards of four years now in the United States' west coast has had a major impact on everything from water supplies to agriculture to fisheries. But in one town in Oregon, the resulting historic low water levels have dredged up history: the remains of a town that was abandoned and sunk beneath a reservoir more than 60 years ago. Back in 1953, the 200 residents of the tiny town of Old Detroit deserted their homes after Congress approved a nearby dam, which, when finished, would flood the area to create the reservoir now known as the Detroit Lake. Ever since, when the lake's water level fell, remnants of the town would sometimes rise out of the water. With the lake's water level at a record low this year, when a local sheriff's deputy drove past the lake in late October to take a look, he discovered the perfectly preserved remains of a 19th century wagon, half-sunk in the mud. "I went on a treasure hunt down along the river, figuring I'd find foundations or something like that," Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Dave Zahn tells Christena Brooks for the Statesman Journal. "Then I saw a piece of old history right there."…" link Main page link Amicalement Armand |
79thPA | 31 Dec 2015 4:01 p.m. PST |
That would be kind of eerie. |
AussieAndy | 01 Jan 2016 3:14 a.m. PST |
So this is not about the fact that the West Coast Eagles have not won a premiership (in Australian football) since 2005? |
Tango01 | 01 Jan 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
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Henry Martini | 01 Jan 2016 1:21 p.m. PST |
And that deputy's probably feeling all superior now too, 79th PA. |
poiter50 | 03 Jan 2016 7:19 p.m. PST |
AussieAndy, it was 2006 and at least they were in the 2015 Grand Final unlike some other pretenders! ;-)> |
AussieAndy | 05 Jan 2016 12:48 a.m. PST |
As a Geelong supporter, I can tell you that getting to the Grand Final, but losing, is cold comfort. That being said, I used to find it amusing in the 90s when supporters of teams that hadn't been near a Grand Final for decades thought that they could laugh at us. |
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