Sources

Content

Brack, Elliott E. Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta. Norcross, Georgia: GwinnettForum, 2008.

Bramblett, Annette, and George P. Ingram. The First Era of Change and Development: Forsyth County, Georgia, 1935-1975. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2007.

Coughlin, Robert David. Lake Sidney Lanier: A Storybook Site. Atlanta, Georgia: RDC Productions, 1998.

Davis, Virgil S. “A History of the Mobile District: 1815-1971.” Mobile, Alabama: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1975. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA635887.pdf.

Gillespie, Deanna M. “‘Revolutionize Life in the Chattahoochee River Valley’: Buford Dam and the Development of Northeastern Georgia, 1950-1970.” The Georgia Historical Quarterly 100, no. 4 (2016): 404–40.

Forsyth Heritage Book Committee. Forsyth County, Georgia Heritage: 1832-2011. Waynesville, North Carolina: Walsworth Publishing Company, 2011.

Georgia U.S. Property Tax Digests for Hall County, Roberts District (1873-1887).

Hall County, Georgia Deed Books.

Hall County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Hall County, Georgia: 1818-2001. Waynesville, North Carolina: Walsworth Publishing Company, 2001.

lakelanier.com. “Historical Water Level Data.” Lake Lanier. Accessed October 5, 2022. https://lakelanier.com/historical-water-level-data/.

Lumpkin County Heritage Book Committee. Heritage of Lumpkin County, Georgia: 1832-1996. Waynesville, North Carolina: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1996.

National Park Service: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. “Maps.” Accessed September 20, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/trte/planyourvisit/maps.htm.

Phillips, Patrick. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.

Russell, Lisa M. Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2018.

Sawyer, Gordon. Northeast Georgia: A History. The Making of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2001.

Thomas, Bill. “The Most Popular Man-Made Lake in America.” New York Times. May 2, 1971. nytimes.com.

Images

Banner Photo: The Chattahoochee River Area c.1950 Prior to Lake Lanier

1894 Map Showing the Area Prior to Lake Lanier and the Shape of the Lake Once it Formed: USGS 15-minute Gainesville (1891) and Suwanee (1894), GA Topographic Quadrangles

Early Twentieth-Century Farm Life in Hall County, Georgia: Hall County Library System

Oscarville (scroll over image to enlarge): 1951 USACE Oscarville Topographic map

Poultry Farming in Hall County, Georgia, in the 1950s: Hall County Library System

Corps Engineers Survey the Area in 1953: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Historic Road Map Showing Lake Lanier Area in 1955 (scroll over image to enlarge): Department of Georgia, Division of Highway Planning

Early-1950s Map Showing Location of Shoal Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery (scroll over image to enlarge): 1951 USACE Shoal Creek Baptist Topographic Map

Reinterred Grave from Spencer Hill Cemetery: New South Associates

Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield Dedicating the Buford Dam: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

First Issue of The Lakewatch Magazine from March 1968: UGA Special Collections

Family Day Trips: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Waterskiing on Lake Lanier in 1971: Floyd Jillson Photographs, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

1961 Aerial Photo of Lake Sidney Lanier: Georgia State University – University Library Digital Collections

Beach at Lake Lanier Islands: New South Associates

Picnic Shelter at Van Pugh North Campground: New South Associates

Lake Lanier at Clarks Bridge Park: Phillips, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, 64

Fishing at Lake Lanier in 1958: Lake Lanier – Floyd Jillson photographs – 1

Lake Lanier at West Bank Park : New South Associates

Service Station and Bait Shop in Flowery Branch, Georgia near the Old Federal Campground and Day Use: New South Associates

Buford Dam Power Station: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lakeside Water Treatment Plant in Flowery Branch, Georgia: New South Associates

Chattahoochee Country Club Subdivision with Thompson Bridge in the Background: New South Associates

Holiday Inn Construction: Hall County Library System

View of Boaters on Lake Lanier in 1964: Lake Lanier – Floyd Jillson photographs – 7