Inside Appalachia

In Appalachia, Controversy and Mystery Still Surround Lakes Built by the Army Corps of Engineers


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In this week's episode of Inside Appalachia, we visit communities impacted by creation of flood-control lakes. Like the Village of Lilly, where back in the 1940s, about 40 families were pushed off their land along the Bluestone River in Summers County, West Virginia. Many of these families had lived there for more than 200 years. Inside Appalachia Host Jessica Lilly has deep roots to this community, as we hear in this episode. In Central Appalachia, there are more than 30 man- made lakes, built
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