In the 1950's residents living along the Piedra and San Juan Rivers in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico learned that their communities would be condemned and indundated by reservoir water, because a federal water reclamation project would move forward.

This episode tells the story of what happened to Raymond Gallegos' family when they were forced to relocate, and the lives they left behind.

Reporting, production, and musical scoring by Adam Burke for Magic City Studios.

Additional research and reporting by Jamie Wanzek.

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