Lake Lanier and the lost town of Oscarville, GA
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Lake Lanier. Most in the south know about the hauntings and curse of this dreadful lake, but many don't know the history behind it.
Oscarville, GA, a once booming town of freed black men, now sits hidden beneath the waters of Lake Lanier. Join us as we explore the dark history and horrible events that lead to the abandonment of Oscarville, and help us keep the history and events remembered.
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Evidently, the people who messed around and lied about moving the remains never saw Poltergeist. Great story and while so much of American history boasts sad chapters like this, Im glad to find out about them. Clearly, it was all covered up due to some sense of shame.
I learned a lot researching this one. Trying to hide it is more sad than the actual events almost.
@@DixieAfterDark I'm definitely going to check out the episode you mentioned done by Expedition X. Thank you!
Go to the light Carol Anne.
My great grandmother would always point out where her farm used to be, when we went over a bridge by Truman Dam in Missouri.
I hope it wasn't under similar circumstances
Close to me.
I could not find similar records for Truman Lake, but over 60 cemeteries were inundated in the creation of the Lake of the Ozarks. I doubt all the bodies were moved.
Such a sad and shameful history. Not surprising the lake is reputed to be haunted or even cursed. Thanks for another interesting episode.
Glad you enjoyed this one. Some hidden history need to be brought to light.
Absolutely!
As it should be. Cursed and haunted. 😢😢
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"His Story". I like that. I'm gonna remember that.
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Interesting story for sure. I live an hour south of Lanier and have heard some of the history. Its ashamed about the lives lost . Definitely was dangerous times and Atlanta is a Dangerous place to this day. Greed will always be man's downfall. Thank you and very much enjoyed it.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one.
I still live in Augusta (GA) and have always heard the stories. We are about 100(+/-) miles south east of there.. Georgia is a really interesting area. I was born lacking 6 months 100 yrs after the civil war, so yeah all yhe old stories got told and we kids grew up listening! I tell ya, our old ghost stories are a true thrill.. have a wonderfully blessed day all!❤
I live closer to Lake Allatoona than I do to Lanier, but I've known all my life that there were lost towns and two cities under Lanier. I didn't know about Oscarville being a black city until I was well into adulthood though, so ashamed were my parents about what happened there. They also never took me to the lake as a child. My mother, who was not the sort that believed in ghosts, told me that she never liked the area because it gave her the 'shivers'! I am now angry that the Federal government seems to have not kept its promise to all of those families! No wonder my Mom got shivers! But Lanier holds more than Oscarville .There were Cherokee villages there that were intertwined with white settlers until gold was found about 45 miles away. The resulting trouble ended with the Removal Act of the Five Civilized Tribes, better known as the Trail of Tears. On the north end of the lake, is a boat ramp called Vann's Landing. The area of the ramp was the original site of Vann's Tavern, which was Cherokee owned. It has been recreated at New Echota State Park, but that's because of its notoriety as one of the first places to get a Cherokee language newspaper. Lake Lanier was never meant to be more than a reservoir and it put many sorry secrets under water. I hope you get to investigate more of them! Allatoona also holds its own secrets. Happy ghost hunting!
A few people have mentioned Altoona. I've put it on my list to check out. Thanks.
Lived in the area in the late 1970's. I remember driving around this lake and feeling very creeped out by the area. Never knew the story until I moved back to Ks and saw the X episode
Crazy how it was tried to be kept quiet.
What a tragic history the area has! It's mind blowing our government would just leave those cemeteries there like that and let water cover up the graves. So disrespectful. It's good to know the truth. That's one place I don't want to visit altho in pictures it looks lovely and peaceful.
Very tragic. I don't like the idea of those graves down there at all. Very disrespectful
Wow, great video- thanks!
... so I grew up around the Lake Lanier area, and still have family living nearby. When we were kids/teenagers we'd make the short trip to the shores to go camping or, sort-of-swimming :) I say that because even as kids there was just something about the water ...it was really fun to visit but we didn't want to actually go too far in. Made jokes about cryptic monsters, *and! The buried town(s). We all knew about the buildings/graves/trains but- Even in Georgia history no one told us about the specifics.
Thank you for shedding Light on this and learning more than many of us did as kids and young adults.
You can still get stories from the older generation in Forsyth County from the 1980s... but many who were there hesitate to talk about it
I learned a lot researching this one too.
Poor people. They just couldn't stand em bein free an workin for themselves!
Yup
Thank you for sharing the history of this area. It's a story that needed to be told.
Glad you enjoyed it
This is so creepy and sad you're a great storyteller thanks for all your hard work your channel is always Awesome!❤
Thank you so much!
@@DixieAfterDark you're welcome appreciate everything you do!
So, Lake Laier sits atop the black town of Oskarville. Color me (pun intended) surprised.
Go to that lake for me with your rest of your family , please and thank you 🙏🏾
@@Trollaha😂
Hey Dixie love to hear ya'll but what a heartbreaking event in American history 😢 x
So true, but when I found out how hard this one had been tried to keep quiet for so long, I just had to do it.
@@DixieAfterDark
Since that's the case I don't feel bad about all I said.
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About time 😊 #DrainLakeLanier
I can get behind that
Great video 🏴👍
Thanks 👍
Amazing story Dixie , your channel is always entertaining and informative .Thank you ❤❤
Glad you enjoy it!
I prefer lake Allatoona, also north of Atlanta. It has a similar history to Lake Lanier. Even had a confederate outpost with a battle that occurred there. But Lake Allatoona is nowhere near as notorious. Its history is still worth reading about even without the spooky legends. There’s a link to Kennesaw Mountain battlefield which is haunted.
Cool, thanks. I'll check that out.
You did a fine job on this story
Thank you
Reminds me of Lake Mead in NV. although it's not said to be haunted. There was a town called St. Thomas that was covered by the Lake when Hoover Dam was built. The water level has dropped so low that the town is now above water. But all that's left are the foundations. Several bodies were discovered as well. One in a barrel that still has not been identified. These were close to the shore. There are quite a few more in the deepest part of the lake though.
Oh wow!!
When I read about the body in the metal drum, I said somewhere there’s an old made man quaking in his shoes. 😂😂😂
@@joanhoffman3702 LOL
Thank you for your representation of these stories. Sadly, so many are built upon records and tales of injustice.
While I have to prepare myself to listen and face possible ignorance and apathy in the comments, you take a genuine approach that focuses on information sharing and recognition of the lives that have been unjustly lost.
Keep up the wonderful content and kudos to the After Dark community for keeping the ignorance minimal.
Thank you for the kind words. It's a respectful group here for the most part. I do weed out anything that can be offensive to others. Anything directed at me is fair game and can stay, but I try to stay on top of things for the sake of others.
Another great story! I had heard of Lake La ire and its many deaths. But, the details you provided about Oscarville was very interesting and informative. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
I have heard about this for many years! My Atlanta family stays clear of Lake Lanier!!
Smart move
Crazy coincidence I literally wrote a script to the very place and lost town but I was worried about getting folks mad at me so I didn't do it
Well see how this one goes. Feel free to use me as a test bed for reactions LOL
A friend and I were at another lake in Ga a day before you posted this. We were remarking how awful Lanier is with all the boat traffic and the sad fate of Oscarville
We have a similar story in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s called “The Tulsa race riots.” White townspeople rioted against the black people who had a small prosperous town. Those black businesses and people never recovered. I don’t know of any haunting and I may have some of the facts wrong. At 80 I have recall problems. Love your program.
Thank you. I remember reading about the Tulsa riots a few years ago.
The Smithsonian Magazine issue of April 2021 has an article about the Tulsa massacre.
@@DixieAfterDark Yeah I'm older and I never heard of Tulsa until maybe...10 years ago or less...
There’s been so many deaths there. Even growing up we were forbidden to go to oLake Lanier and that was back in the 80s and 90s. The drownings were even bad even back then. My mama wasn’t superstitious but she wasn’t willing to tempt fate with any possible ghosts with her kids.
Smart woman
History cannot change itself - man can and does change history to suit his purpose
Well said
Thanks for the story. Now I can have nightmares tonight 😂 seriously, I really enjoyed it❤
Glad you enjoyed!
I remember that episode of "Expedition X", very eerie sounds were recorded under water in addition to proof of the graves still there.
You'd never catch me in that water.
@@DixieAfterDark me, either! Even the show's resident skeptic was unnerved by what he heard and saw underwater. Seems to be a lot of bad vibes about that place.
The government didn't fill in old wells. My dad wouldn't never let us swim without him walking the area we could swim. And the people throwing rocks at Hosa March were not from Forsyth Co.
Oh wow, I never though of the old wells!!
I live in Georgia and there is no way I would dip my toe into lake Lanier. Most folks that go missing and presumably drowned the bodies are not recovered.
You'll never catch me in that water either.
What a story you've reported. So sad to think that there is such hatred for these people and such love for money. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed this one. Thanks.
Great episode DAD! My daughter and her husband were looking at a house on Lake Lanier, lol! But it was in a quiet corner of the lake, well away from the Margaritaville tourist stuff, but the people wanted too much money and it needed some repairs, and they wouldn’t budge on the price. I’m kinda glad it didn’t work out. Although there is a dark history associated with the area, I suspect the biggest “spirits” causing problems there, are the kind residing in a bottle. Heavy Alcohol drinking and boating and swimming don’t
mix. Are there other kinds of spirits there, at least in some parts? Who
knows? I’m kinda glad the house sale didn’t work out. I’d rather them buy on Lake Jackson or Allatoona.
For sure, those "spirits" will get ya too...sometimes even faster.
Wired things? And they wonder why , we can't never get on our feet , and own anything, people just hate us just for us being us 😞 senseless
Prejudice, bigotry, blind hatred are stupid and wasteful, by the people who spout it and how it affects the people it is used against. We need to stop hating others because of stupid reasons. 😡
Wow, a very good but sad and frightening story!👏👏👏
Thank you. No swimming there for me.
You can pick any state and you will find a similar story. It's sad and disgusting!
Absolutely
TVA. now there is a history of the government taking over and removing the poor families, because they couldn't afford to fight. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
It's wrong what they did to the town &people!!!!;;
Absolutely
It always was and always will be “profit before people” with this lake and every other thing else. Things unfortunately will never change, as a regular person the best one can do is stay (or hope to stay) out of their way.
So true
Man you ain't just whistling dixie. And it's hard to stay outa their way but it's the only thing a person can do and keep any sence of self respect at all.
Cemeteryvisits; so you going to hide!? 😮
Very interesting story. Sad and shameful but very interesting. No suprise about the treatment of the local residents. Adding insult to injury, leaving the dead where they lied; that is so disgraceful. 😢
I agree
I grew up in Gainesville and always wanted to explore the underground base in the hills
Wow, haven't heard about that one.
Thanks for sharing. This was another great video. Truly love to hear your stories ❤
Thank you 😊
I learned something new today. Thanks.
Glad to help
The government did this all over the US. There were instances where it was, "Nothing personal, we just think it'll be a good strategic spot." And then did all same the BS. And then there were instances like Lake Lanier where it was entirely personal, intentionally disrespectful. They did it to predominantly marginalized people all across the country. Lake Lanier is a burial ground. It's hollowed ground, sacred and revered, to be honored and respected. That "lake" has spirits due to the innumerable disservices and disrespect the people who lived there and remain there received. It is well known in our lore that that is how you get cursed land. Don't believe in curses? FAFO at your own risk. Once you've learned the history they've tried so hard to hide, sad as it is to the loved ones, but that's on you.
Trust me, I ain't about to FAFO.
I’m definitely convinced that our phones listen to us because my daughter and I were spending time together a couple of days ago and being Georgia natives we were discussing Lake Lanier and the town beneath it’s waters and the next day up pops your video in both of our RUclips suggestions! Lol. That or Dixie After Dark caught our vibe and wanted to enlighten us more! It’s so upsetting knowing that those atrocities happened. I went to Lake Lanier a few times as a child but never knew any of those things happened but throughout the years I learned more and more and it’s definitely not something I feel good about. I’m very grateful I was raised to love others and respect them and their culture so civil unrest really shakes me. It’s not what God wants. I do appreciate your thorough research DAD. My daughter and I are both History buffs and this info has been more informative than any other I’ve heard. Love your channel and content! 🍑 ❤ I pray for all of those who lost their lands and lives there that they may find peaceful rest 😞💔🙏🏻🕊️♾️
I agree with your sentiment 100%, and also thank you for your kind words.
Great video,thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Funny thing I was watching a documentary last night about the 13 most haunted places in America and this lake was featured on that documentary 👍👍
Oh wow!
Spooky 👻
Thanks so much for this really well-researched and well-told history lesson.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much I have never heard this sad story😢
Glad you enjoyed it
I lived in Gainesville for years when I was a kid in the eighties. Had lots of good times on the lake and so did most of the other kids in school. 1 death per month with millions of annual visitors is pretty much on par with national drowning and boating accident incidences averages.
It's the spirits....the ghost version and the liquid bottle/can version too LOL
Thank you for this informative video!
You are so welcome!
I lived on Lake Lanier for 13 years. This is such a tragic story.
Absolutely
Interesting but sad Story. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for listening
I grew up just outside of Atlanta in the 1960s 70s and 80s. I have never heard this story before. But it doesn’t surprise me. As soon as I got out of high school I got the hell out of that town and the south. It Wasn’t a place I wanted to live in
I can believe that.
You have no idea how I look forward to your stories. I am so sick of politics. I love history. You restore my soul. Heartfelt thanks!♥️ PS What a horrid story. Have we learned from it? Obviously, we are animals, sometimes I hate us humans so much.
I definitely prefer history to politics too
It is a very creepy lake, went with friends years ago on their boat, swam from the boat and then out of nowhere a bad storm came up, we had to go over to a little island for safety, the lake felt like being on the ocean. They never put their boat in that lake ever again. Every summer people drown , they dive in and never come up.
I'm surprised it's still in operation
That's a lot of deaths for a single lake, even of that size.
Absolutely
I'm gonna use my brain and NOT visit Lake Lanier. I live in South GA, close enough.
You and be both!
Finally get to sit down and watch.
I'm catching up on yours this morning.
@@DixieAfterDark thank you
I live right off the lake, you would never see me on it! I hate what happened and how all of those people suffered so much. For the government to lie and not relocate the dead is just outrageous!!!!
Absolutely
No words for this😢🕯🥀
I've read of folks just swimming off and disappearing. Recently, young man fishing on it has been lost.
I read one from just this past weekend
Okay - so when are we gonna have a water park at Pearl Harbor? 😮
Excellent way to point out the hypocrisy.
It wouldn't surprise me if/when it happens
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Omg, I was going to suggest this for a video. But looks like you bet me too it! 🙂
I finally got some time to work on longer ones that need more research.
@@DixieAfterDark Awesome, your videos are much appreciated. Also, an elderly man drowned in Lake Lanier today. Weird coincidence.
@@fromashestophoenix3018 I saw that on the news the weekend I was putting this together. Very weird.
Please research this town.... HOCHATOWN, OKLAHOMA. This is where broken bow lake is, and the entirety of the original Hochatown is under that water.....
Interesting. Thanks for the recommendation
My neck of the woods! 😊 Born & raised in Augusta, Ga howdy y'all lmao😊
Pretty close for me, just a couple hours north.
An old man just died there last week,5/31/24, when his "chair in his boat somehow became unbolted thus him falling into the water." His body was found a few hours later.🤷🏾♀️
Oh no, prayers for the family. At least he was found.
I wouldn’t go there, a cemetery under the lake!
No common decency, SMH…
You and me both
I grew up in Conyers, Ga. My family were big lake people. Owned a couple of lake houses at Lake Sinclair in middle Ga. My parents would never go to Lake Lanier. From day one it was known as dark haunted waters. More people drowned on Lanier than should be normal even back in the 60’s and 70’s. The beach at Lake Lanier Island has been closed to swimmers for the last couple of years due to how many people had drowned. It’s just a weird place.
Oh yeah, very weird. I saw something recently about the beaches on the island closing.
I grew up in Southern Louisiana, never lived anywhere else until 1990. I had recently finished College and relocated to Buford Georgia for a job. I heard about the tales of Lake Lanier. I have to say Not All but Most of the people I met there, in that vicinity of Georgia were extreme sheet wearing Racist. I am a white man from south Louisiana, We dont act like that down here. I remember once while at work my bosses had taken a lunch break leaving me alone at the shop. A black man had broke fown in front of their business. I noticed him while on a smoke break, I told him he could come in and use our phone if he needed to. He took me up on my offer, while he was using the phone my bosses came back from lunch. They took a look at him and told me "When he gets done come talk to us!" The Gentleman got done, I saw him on his way, went to see what my bosses wanted and they fired me on the spot, Gainesville Georgia. They said "We dont let hos kind in here you Done here" I went bk to my apartment packed my stuff and put those Racist im ny rearview Forever!!!!! Just the facts, God Bless in Jesus name
Yeah, parts of Georgia is still pretty rough like that. I agree with you on Louisiana. I love the acceptance of Louisiana and the cultures there.
This is awful and shameful. Why? Such ignorance.
Because this country has gone out of its way to show its contempt for anybody who isn't white... you know, to keep us in our place and let us know where we stand.
Agreed
This is heartbreaking
Absolutely agree
Idk but I love Lake Lanier. Good fishing and parks. Like all lakes swim at your own risk.
Hello Storyteller
Shameful.
Unfortunately, the people who are profiting from Lae Lanier, and those that profited by running people out of town (I guess leaving because your life is being threatened is “voluntarily leaving”) are not the ones being affected by the tragedies.
It’s really not that difficult to be kind.
Blessings ❤
~Linda
Agreed ❤️
I live near lake Lanier. I go there frequently and I have never experienced anything supernatural… yet lol. We do have one of the highest drowning and injury rates but that is mostly from drunk people driving boats.
No doubt. Drinking and water sports is no way to go.
I wonder how many other "Lake Lanier's" exist?😢🤔😡
Where is AL Sharpton??🤦♀️
From what I hear, there are a lot of similar stories.
You know how they do! 😢
So sad
31 brother 👍👍🫡
You da man!!
That sounds like the The Tulsa Race Riots....to a tee. Also, covered up for a century.
I just learned about the Tulsa race riots only a few years ago.
This the most hateful act ever
Agreed