I live about 15 miles from the dam and have seen it often. When in high School we toured the dam and got to go way down inside. Also, I have an Uncle that worked construction on that project
Did you by any chance visit the Kinzua Bridge too? It's about 40min from the Kinzua Dam and is so beautiful to see especially if the fall colors were out.
I only live like 8 miles away from this dam And every time I ride my bike up there to see it I can't stop thinking about all the amazing history was lost over this dam construction
Also thank you very much for uploading this I spent countless days on top of that damn and always wondered what it looked like as it was being built. You're doing the world a service history is disappearing.
There is a song that was written by Johnny Cash and LeFarge…”As Long As The Grass Shall Grow”, on his “Bitter Tears” album that describes how Cornplanter was promised this land to his descendants by George Washington….as long as the grass shall grow.
Thanks so much for downloading this video! It brings back so many memories of my 9 years in Warren at which time I also took some slides of the construction of Kinzua Dam. Hopefully someday to digitize them also. Your 8mm movie project was done professionally and I enjoyed it very much. Hope you put it in Warren's history "books" some day if you haven't already.
The Seneca people that lived nearby, suffered during the building of that dam... many Senecas were forced from their homes during the building... much of their land was flooded...
They didn't live nearby the Seneca lived where the lake is now. They lost 10,000 acres and 145 homes, a Longhouse, 4 churches some stores and a way of life.
@@richstone2627 The Native Americans weren't the only ones who lost property and a way of life, there were many plain folk Americans who also did. This was necessary for flood control and ice damage control in Warren.
@@mikegross6107He isn’t claiming that non-natives weren’t impacted. Why are people like this??? It never fails, someone explains how a specific marginalized group was mistreated… and there’s always at least one guy with an uncontrollable urge to interject and remind everyone that white people suffered, too. Yeah, we get it. Several villages were destroyed for this project. Some of them full of white people. You know what else was full of white people? The government that oversaw this project. Among other factors, the removal of Seneca people is particularly important because doing so broke a treaty that guaranteed permanent ownership of that land for them and their descendants. (Breaking a treaty also violates the Constitution) There isn’t enough space here for me to list out all the compounding issues that make their removal so abhorrent. The (white) colonizers/US government have a long, dark history of forcibly removing indigenous peoples from their lands and stealing it for themselves. It’s part of a larger problem that’s so much more than “people had to relocate for the dam to be built”.
The Native Americans weren't the only ones to lose homes and land, several Pa. towns had to be abandoned and torn down to make way for the huge lake behind the dam.
Check history. If the people with all the guns want a dam, they'll get a dam. They don't care if they are Senecas or Australian Natives. They just don't care.
@@nataliejones9887 I remember the early settlers that were attacked for no reason. They just wanted a peaceful existence and instead were met with blood shed form the injins. I know those pesky little facts don't fit your narrative but oh well.
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I live about 15 miles from the dam and have seen it often. When in high School we toured the dam and got to go way down inside. Also, I have an Uncle that worked construction on that project
Visited the Dam in September 2022, read about the Seneca after I'm home in Germany.
And thanks for this film
Did you by any chance visit the Kinzua Bridge too? It's about 40min from the Kinzua Dam and is so beautiful to see especially if the fall colors were out.
@@Dennyh025 We visited Kinzua Bridge,too. An amazing view :-)
I only live like 8 miles away from this dam
And every time I ride my bike up there to see it I can't stop thinking about all the amazing history was lost over this dam construction
What history was lost? I'm interested in knowing more
Also thank you very much for uploading this I spent countless days on top of that damn and always wondered what it looked like as it was being built. You're doing the world a service history is disappearing.
All the kids are damned Chief corn planter
The have the great flood
Quite a feat of engineering.
There is a song that was written by Johnny Cash and LeFarge…”As Long As The Grass Shall Grow”, on his “Bitter Tears” album that describes how Cornplanter was promised this land to his descendants by George Washington….as long as the grass shall grow.
I remember it well. Rattlesnakes in the dozers. Mountains of timber that burned for years. All the brook trout streams.
Thank you very much, brought back many memories! Love the clicking of the movie camera left in for affect. LOL.
How long did it take to fill the valley?
Thanks so much for downloading this video! It brings back so many memories of my 9 years in Warren at which time I also took some slides of the construction of Kinzua Dam. Hopefully someday to digitize them also. Your 8mm movie project was done professionally and I enjoyed it very much. Hope you put it in Warren's history "books" some day if you haven't already.
I have eight millimeter film but I can't get it for my sister
The Seneca people that lived nearby, suffered during the building of that dam... many Senecas were forced from their homes during the building... much of their land was flooded...
They didn't live nearby the Seneca lived where the lake is now. They lost 10,000 acres and 145 homes, a Longhouse, 4 churches some stores and a way of life.
@@richstone2627 The Native Americans weren't the only ones who lost property and a way of life, there were many plain folk Americans who also did. This was necessary for flood control and ice damage control in Warren.
@@mikegross6107 NO, it was not necessary but please continue with your braindead brainwashed nonsense.
@@mikegross6107He isn’t claiming that non-natives weren’t impacted.
Why are people like this??? It never fails, someone explains how a specific marginalized group was mistreated… and there’s always at least one guy with an uncontrollable urge to interject and remind everyone that white people suffered, too.
Yeah, we get it. Several villages were destroyed for this project. Some of them full of white people. You know what else was full of white people? The government that oversaw this project.
Among other factors, the removal of Seneca people is particularly important because doing so broke a treaty that guaranteed permanent ownership of that land for them and their descendants. (Breaking a treaty also violates the Constitution)
There isn’t enough space here for me to list out all the compounding issues that make their removal so abhorrent. The (white) colonizers/US government have a long, dark history of forcibly removing indigenous peoples from their lands and stealing it for themselves. It’s part of a larger problem that’s so much more than “people had to relocate for the dam to be built”.
My grandfather's drilling company plugged the wells for this project. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of his little operation.
The Native Americans weren't the only ones to lose homes and land, several Pa. towns had to be abandoned and torn down to make way for the huge lake behind the dam.
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Hey greenway
This is an honest question does it really record the 8 mm reel sound or did you add that because it's really annoying LOL?
I don't think so mine silent
8mm is silent
How could we abuse the Seneca Nation? This dam is bad for native peoples.
Check history. If the people with all the guns want a dam, they'll get a dam. They don't care if they are Senecas or Australian Natives. They just don't care.
@@nataliejones9887 I remember the early settlers that were attacked for no reason. They just wanted a peaceful existence and instead were met with blood shed form the injins. I know those pesky little facts don't fit your narrative but oh well.