FIFTY YEARS LATER, EMOTIONS STILL RUN DEEP ABOUT FLOODING OF TOWN

BUTLER, Tenn. -- Anna Dugger still has vivid childhood memories of her hometown slowly slipping into the rising waters of Watauga Lake. Fifty years ago, together with family and neighbors, she watched Butler disappear. The TVA dammed the Watauga River in order to control floods in the region. And Du...

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Published inThe Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)
Main Author LESLIE LLOYD BROWN, Associated Press writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver, Wash Columbian Publishing Company 27.12.1998
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Summary:BUTLER, Tenn. -- Anna Dugger still has vivid childhood memories of her hometown slowly slipping into the rising waters of Watauga Lake. Fifty years ago, together with family and neighbors, she watched Butler disappear. The TVA dammed the Watauga River in order to control floods in the region. And Dugger and other residents moved to a new town of Butler, created several miles away. Now Dugger, a freshman in the last class at Watauga Academy in old Butler, and other graduates are trying to fund a museum of memorabilia from the town.
ISSN:1043-4151