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After the Civil War, a freed slave named John Benson founded a community of farmers in the Kowaliga Creek. His son, an educated young black man, had a vision of turning the farming settlement into a prosperous and enterprising community. Instead, the short history of the community abruptly ends in 1916, when a power company announces the building of a dam. #LakeMartin #KowaligaCommunity #JohnBenson #WilliamBenson #KowaligaCreek #TallapoosaRiver More to Watch: America’s Lakes and Their Hidden Dangers https://youtu.be/_PtqTdtwYq8 Vanport: Portland’s Dark Sunken History https://youtu.be/Of-2Jercfkk Jamaica’s Sunken City - Port Royal https://youtu.be/kwXs1K8H1vU Lake Thunderbird and the Strange and Haunted History of Norman, Oklahoma https://youtu.be/p8Y17NmlIGc The Strange and Haunted History of Lake Lanier https://youtu.be/l3iXS8sm7Q4?t=2 Oscarville, The Town Submerged by Lake Lanier https://youtu.be/ifMKfBO_R6s Spooky and True Haunted Lake Stories https://youtu.be/ERMJrFmAw00 The Ghost Town Under Clarks Hill Lake https://youtu.be/MJxI0vdnyAs?t=1 Sunken Lake Mead: The Ghost Town of St. Thomas https://youtu.be/2VbtuvkJCAM Louisiana Sinkhole Disasters https://youtu.be/CV5cAOra8IQ?t=2 ______________________________________________ ▶ Like us on Facebook 👍 @theintriguedmind www.facebook.com/theintriguedmind ▶ Follow our Instagram @_intriguedmind www.instagram.com/_intriguedmind ▶ Follow our TikTok @_intriguedmind www.tiktok.com/@_intriguedmind