The Sunken City (Our First Video)

It's our first video!! Welcome to History Rats!! Today we are going to give you some interesting tidbits of information about the history of Onalaska, on Lake Livingston. This video was shot while visiting my sister in Impala Woods.
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[@harleygreene1345]

Much history under those waters.

[@HistoryRats]

That is very true! Thank you very much for watching our video!

[@harleygreene1345]

@@HistoryRats yep,sheffields and Newports. A lot of history,lol

[@texasforever1974]

My mother lives there. Love the area.

[@HistoryRats]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching our video 😊

[@kathydanley7771]

My Mother's family were from the Huntsville, Evergreen and Coldsprings area. I always heard that their Old Home place from 1800s was taken in by the lake. My Mom lived in Port Adventure when she passed in 1999. She and a lot of my ancestors are in the Evergreen Cemetery. Sur names Phillips, Hoot , Hogue. I love that part of Texas. My ashes will be there someday.

[@HistoryRats]

My paternal grandfather was from the Coldspring area. I believe they had a dairy farm. I've always wanted to go explore the Huntsville area, specifically the old Steamboat House & Martha Chapel Cemetery, but as of yet I have not had the opportunity.

[@sotagoat4623]

Thx thx thx!!!!!!! Jus bought a place in Point Blank.....been checking out all the local history. Of course I subbed!!!!!!!!

[@HistoryRats]

That's awesome! Thanks for the subscription!!

[@HistoryRats]

Have you checked out Huntsville yet?

[@sotagoat4623]

@HistoryRats yessssss....lived in spring since 80....always stop for historic al markers. Been to Danville that doesn't exist anymore. Look up the name Johnathon Lindley...he passed at the Alamo....buried in Danville cemetery. Great history. If u get a chance....read a book named "terror on 59" its all about the crooked sheriff that ran the good old boy mob of East tx.

[@TheTripleAAA_123]

I used to live in Huntsville

[@TheTripleAAA_123]

And what neighborhood we might live next to each other

[@boldenbey6607]

Peace, im from Texas didn't know that. One Texan to another do a follow up elaborate little bit moor

[@HistoryRats]

@@boldenbey6607 it's always nice to meet a fellow Texan. Thank you for watching our video 😊 This was our very first video and it has been 4 years since we released it, so I will see what I can do about a follow up video. If you subscribe and ring the bell, you should get a notification when we upload something new. Again, thank you for watching and commenting 🙂

[@Babygirlpooh]

I live in onalaska tx

[@HistoryRats]

That's cool. My sister lives there with my nieces & my nephew.

[@TheTripleAAA_123]

I live in onalaska I might post about it at some point and I can show

[@HistoryRats]

That would be very cool! 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to watch one of our videos.

[@wheretheashwoodsgrow]

I had no idea

[@HistoryRats]

I remember reading an article in the newspaper about the man who pulled the two vehicles up out of the lake. I can't remember his name, but I would imagine there is still information about it floating around on the web somewhere because there was a big to-do when they told him that he had to put them back after he had put a ton of money restoring one of them. It is common knowledge that all man-made lakes that have been dammed up are protected, and he should have known that, but I guess when you find two vehicles sitting in a submerged gas station you just let yourself pretend that Texas actually has a finders-keepers law...but it doesn't. Fun fact, in Texas possession is not actually 9/10 of the law.

[@wheretheashwoodsgrow]

I remember hearing about that, too! Hell, you or Grampa were probably the ones that I overheard talking about it. You taught me so much about both history and English/novels. I've always heard that Texas was a possession state, so that's good information to have.

[@wyattyoung1588]

Is that in impala woods by any chance I live there and am curious

[@HistoryRats]

Yes, I shot the video down at the park there in Impala Woods.