On August 3, the body of a 27-year-old man was found in Georgia’s Lake Lanier. Days earlier, he had disappeared and drowned while swimming. The week before, another man drowned in the lake ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Lake Lanier is a Georgia landmark, but before it became part of the state's landscape there was the town of Oscarville. It was formed in the late 1800s during the ...

Lake Lanier is a man-made lake that was built over the historically Black town of Oscarville ... school buildings—were not completely removed before the lake was filled In 1958, two young ...

The legend of Lake Lanier dates back to 1912 ... buried and covered up as part of the town’s legacy, according to the Medium. But even before the racial cleansing of 1912, Gwinnett County ...

The town was destroyed and then the Buford Dam was built in the late 1950s. Lake Lanier was then formed ... which was part of the Cherokee Nation before the federal government forcibly moved ...

The neighbor swam ashore and turned off the power box near the dock, before recovering Milner ... snagged on what lies beneath Lake Lanier - the ruins of the old town of Oscarville.

Following the town's destruction, the Buford Dam was built in the late 1950s, and Lake Lanier was formed, covering up Oscarville and swallowing most of its history. Now, many people believe the ...

The corps announced Friday that it has reopened Little Hall Park off of Dawsonville Highway and Old Federal Day Use Park off ...

A brief struggle and splashing is heard from afar before complete silence ... In the 1950s, the remnants of the town were flooded due to the construction of Lake Lanier. In the film, Daniel ...