History of Patoka Lake

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Check out a very comprehensive #historical #video of #Patoka #lake in #Indiana.Viewers can see original land maps from the mid-1800s to current. Also seen are the #underwater #sunken #towns. See where #Elon, #Ellsworth, and #Newton Stewart were once located and gain a better understanding of why the lake was #created to begin with.
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@jamesland69 9 ай бұрын

I moved to this area in the late 80s, and I've been looking for something like this for years. Thanks for compiling this.

@BrianBobbitt3D 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. It was a great project for my son and I.

@cal4625 Жыл бұрын

Lifetime Orange Co. resident who enjoyed your very informative video. Well done!

@jeremymundy8608 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome, thanks for putting it together!!

@farrelweisheit1230 Жыл бұрын

This is just awesome ! Thank you so much for this documentary of Patoka Lake.

@BrianBobbitt3D Жыл бұрын

You're quite welcome. It was a fun time to be totally honest.

@angelaivey9522 Жыл бұрын

Awesome documentary! Y’all did a great job! Thank you for sharing!

@nickgiesler7757 10 ай бұрын

Love this! Thanks!

@BrianBobbitt3D 10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@leelashbrooks8780 11 ай бұрын

All my family on my fathers side was from Newton Stewart !! Ive been researching as much as possible as there is only two of them left😢

@larryshepard8556 Жыл бұрын

Back in 1980 I went to the Corp of Engineers office in Louisville and talked to a fellow and told him what type of maps of the lake I was looking for. He took me into a big room full of drawers and a machine that took pictures they had taken of the land where the lake is now. This machine could take the pictures and draw longitude and lattitude lines as well as all the other topographic lines (elevations) in of the surrounding counrty side in the pictures. I got what at that time was called surveyor maps which is the most detailed you can get of the lake. It shows all foundations, bridges, creeks, roads and even who owned the land at that time. It took 40 sheets to cover the whole lake and I bought them and have them at the camp. Back then they were $2.00 a sheet. The guy I dealt with told me he was the one who flew the plane over the land where the lake is taking pictures. Of course the equipment they used back then was mounted to the plane and was probably hi-tech back in those days. The negatives on each picture was enlarged to fit the sheets I have now. That's what was in those drawers they made my maps off of. The last thing I did after taking them home was to take a fine tip marker and trace around the lines on each sheet marking the lake at summer pool. Since then fishfinders have improved and on my SI/DI unit I probably have taken close to 200 pictures of structure in the lake, bridges, brushpiles, laydowns, stumps, trucks, sunken boats and foundations. Thanks for making this video, it brought back memories of my dad and myself drove around the lake bottom well before the lake was filled just looking around.

@BrianBobbitt3D Жыл бұрын

I would love to see those pictures if you still have them.

@conniethingstad1070 Жыл бұрын

the late 1960s and 70s must have been a trend to take these frequently flooded areas and make them into lakes. I grew up in Indiana but live by Lake Red Rock in Iowa now and they buried 6 or more towns in late 60s due to all the flooding. interesting video

@BrianBobbitt3D Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Seems to be a common trend in the Midwest.

@kruallen9445 6 ай бұрын

A cabin from Elon was featured in the March of 1976 National Geographic Magazine. It was moved to a private residence in Bloomington before the lake was flooded.

@BrianBobbitt3D 6 ай бұрын

It would be neat to see pictures of this. In the video, there was a photo of an old church. Wish I could find that now as well.

@kruallen9445 6 ай бұрын

The old post office in Newton Stewart was also known as Riley’s Grocery. I have one of their last store calendars.

@SukkaPunch321 10 ай бұрын

Do we have any other pictures of Ellsworth? It seemed like it was a reasonably large town (compared to Elon) but I can’t find any pics anywhere. I even went to the US army corps office in the dam to find some once. I looked through piles and piles of paperwork, but didn’t even find so much as a satellite pic.

@BrianBobbitt3D 9 ай бұрын

I wish we did. There just weren't a whole lot of pictures of any of the towns. If you go to the Patoka Visitors Center, you can get all kinds of information.

@SukkaPunch321 6 ай бұрын

I went there. Scoured though documents. No luck.

@SukkaPunch321 6 ай бұрын

Have you heard of a community in the flood area known as Hall Ridge? I found some references to it being in the area in a book.

@BrianBobbitt3D 6 ай бұрын

Sorry it took so long to reply. I have not heard of Hall Ridge. That is interesting though. Wonder whereabouts it used to be. The area really fascinates me. I've noticed many families in Indiana have ties to the Orange/Crawford County area.

@brindahoward4527 Ай бұрын

They did the same thing at Kentucky Lake. I remember listening to a man who lived in a town that was flooded when it was built.

@BrianBobbitt3D Ай бұрын

I've found it an incredible experience to hear about the history of these places. I'd really like to do something with Kentucky or Barkley lake as well.