This video shows photos from Duke Energy's archives of the Keowee area before the dam and the lake were constructed as well as photos of the construction process.
My Dad lived on Lake Keowee. He was born in 1933. His old home place is now under Lake Jocasee. The Chapman Bridge was named after his family, my maiden name is Chapman! What a cool story!
As a young teenager we rode dirt bikes all through these areas as they were under construction, most notably the Horsepasture River in Upper Jocasee. The fictional story that the movie Deliverance was based on was inspired by the creation od these lakes and supposedly the scenes of the flooded towns shown in the movie were filed here. Lake Jocassee is truly one of the most beautiful lakes in the south with many gorgeous waterfalls emptying directly into the lake.
Thanks for all the information. These two Upstate lakes are sure nicer than most of those created in the South. I hope they stay nice for decades to come.
Wow this is absolutely interesting. I moved here two years ago and before moving I would spend the first few days in SC on a boat on Keowee. Little did I know the history of the creation of the late and more so the historical history beyond that. AMAZING. This video is awesome.
On this day in 1760, Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC During the French and Indian War the Cherokee were sought after as allies by the British and Provincial Colonial Governments to help contest the frontiers against the French and their Indian allies. An alliance was formed and both sides initially fulfilled each other's expectations. The Cherokee provided warriors and in return the British and Provincials provided supplies and protection of the warriors homelands. However, the alliance unravelled and soon incidents by both sides provoked the Anglo-Cherokee War in 1758. Then, a group of Cherokee warriors scalped and killed one or more white settlers and deceptively attempted to proclaim to the British the scalps belonged to their enemies in order to receive a reward. Suspicious of the truth, the British soldiers disarmed and briefly detained them, and then chose to send them home. Some Cherokees, who had not been involved in the treachery, were bitter over this treatment, and raided Virginia's frontier settlements while returning to the Tennessee Valley. Virginia settlers got angry and banded together to pursue the Cherokee, attacking them and killing, scalping and mutilating 20 of the Indians, later collecting the bounty offered for enemy scalps.[4] Although Dinwiddie, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, apologized other Virginians called them horse thieves. Some Cherokees retaliated and the situation spun out of control. The new governor of South Carolina, William Henry Lyttelton, declared war on the Cherokee in 1759. The governor embargoed all shipments of gunpowder to the Cherokee and raised an army of 1,100 provincial troops which marched to confront the Lower Towns of the Cherokee. Desperate for ammunition for their fall and winter hunts, the nation sent a peace delegation of moderate chiefs to negotiate. The thirty-two chiefs were taken prisoner, as hostages, and, escorted by the provincial army, were sent to Fort Prince George and held in a tiny room only big enough for six people. Three of the chiefs were released conditionally, Lyttleton thought this would ensure peace. The Cherokee were still angry, and continued to attack frontier settlements into 1760. In February 1760, they attacked Fort Prince George in an attempt to rescue their hostages. The fort's commander was killed. The garrison, in panicked retaliation, massacred all of the hostages.
My grandpa used to live along the banks of Crowe creek. and His dad owned a water wheel that made electricity. now its 30-40 feet under water. ive actuallly got to go to the site and swim down the 35 feet (with a small oxygen tank) and pick up some old timber and rocks. the sad part was that my Great Grandpa left 10,000 dolllars of gold now about maybey 100,000? but its about 10 feeet under the dirt itself.
If Jocassee Dam ever burst due to an earthquake or anything else the nuclear station down stream would be in immediate danger. Has anyone else realized this yet?
Chances are even with a major earthquake it won’t bust open because it’s a reinforced ROCK dam then coated with concrete. But yeah I hear ya is it looks pretty sketchy when you’re at the base of the dam looking up
Fake history 4 these places was flooded way 2 fast leaving soda machines and people's Graves and these towns had occult names for streets makes 1 wonder.
I’m sorry Chris but I have to disagree with you. My family used to live in then Jocassee Valley. We only had a couple roads back then so which ones do you consider had occult names?
@@roadtripboy they gave us the option to relocate the graves at no cost. Some of us chose to have family members relocated to the new plot and some of us decided to keep our ancestors buried.
@@captainjocassee the 1s seen under the water I am from sc never been in this town it's just strange really strange this was all left to be flooded.The names horizon and there was a few more shown under water.Just saying it's Strange.
My Dad lived on Lake Keowee. He was born in 1933. His old home place is now under Lake Jocasee. The Chapman Bridge was named after his family, my maiden name is Chapman! What a cool story!
Hi Kelley. Do you know Claudia Whitmire Hembree? :)
Thats awesome! My papa was raise on Keowee whenbit was a river. Jocasse is my most favorite place!
@@captainjocasseeI know Claudia she’s my dads first cousin absolutely fantastic person
@@benmanlovinggood1763 Just spoke with her yesterday and she is still sharp as a tack.
@@captainjocassee she absolutely is!
The Upstate gained from these dams’ construction, but we lost a lot of treasures under those beautiful waters.
As a young teenager we rode dirt bikes all through these areas as they were under construction, most notably the Horsepasture River in Upper Jocasee. The fictional story that the movie Deliverance was based on was inspired by the creation od these lakes and supposedly the scenes of the flooded towns shown in the movie were filed here. Lake Jocassee is truly one of the most beautiful lakes in the south with many gorgeous waterfalls emptying directly into the lake.
Thanks for all the information. These two Upstate lakes are sure nicer than most of those created in the South. I hope they stay nice for decades to come.
Wow this is absolutely interesting. I moved here two years ago and before moving I would spend the first few days in SC on a boat on Keowee. Little did I know the history of the creation of the late and more so the historical history beyond that. AMAZING. This video is awesome.
I live only about a hour at the most from this lake and I can truly say it's so much cleaner than the others and I hope it stays that way.
Love my home. These lakes has always provided us with good fishing and lits of fun.
This is an excellent video resource . Thank you .
Awesome video!
On this day in 1760, Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC During the French and Indian War the Cherokee were sought after as allies by the British and Provincial Colonial Governments to help contest the frontiers against the French and their Indian allies. An alliance was formed and both sides initially fulfilled each other's expectations. The Cherokee provided warriors and in return the British and Provincials provided supplies and protection of the warriors homelands. However, the alliance unravelled and soon incidents by both sides provoked the Anglo-Cherokee War in 1758.
Then, a group of Cherokee warriors scalped and killed one or more white settlers and deceptively attempted to proclaim to the British the scalps belonged to their enemies in order to receive a reward. Suspicious of the truth, the British soldiers disarmed and briefly detained them, and then chose to send them home. Some Cherokees, who had not been involved in the treachery, were bitter over this treatment, and raided Virginia's frontier settlements while returning to the Tennessee Valley. Virginia settlers got angry and banded together to pursue the Cherokee, attacking them and killing, scalping and mutilating 20 of the Indians, later collecting the bounty offered for enemy scalps.[4] Although Dinwiddie, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, apologized other Virginians called them horse thieves. Some Cherokees retaliated and the situation spun out of control.
The new governor of South Carolina, William Henry Lyttelton, declared war on the Cherokee in 1759. The governor embargoed all shipments of gunpowder to the Cherokee and raised an army of 1,100 provincial troops which marched to confront the Lower Towns of the Cherokee. Desperate for ammunition for their fall and winter hunts, the nation sent a peace delegation of moderate chiefs to negotiate. The thirty-two chiefs were taken prisoner, as hostages, and, escorted by the provincial army, were sent to Fort Prince George and held in a tiny room only big enough for six people. Three of the chiefs were released conditionally, Lyttleton thought this would ensure peace.
The Cherokee were still angry, and continued to attack frontier settlements into 1760. In February 1760, they attacked Fort Prince George in an attempt to rescue their hostages. The fort's commander was killed. The garrison, in panicked retaliation, massacred all of the hostages.
I REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN WE LITTLE. IWAS BORN DECEMBER 25 1971 AT OMH. MY GRANDDAD WORKED AT THE INSURANCE OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE OF SENECA.
My grandpa used to live along the banks of Crowe creek. and His dad owned a water wheel that made electricity. now its 30-40 feet under water. ive actuallly got to go to the site and swim down the 35 feet (with a small oxygen tank) and pick up some old timber and rocks. the sad part was that my Great Grandpa left 10,000 dolllars of gold now about maybey 100,000? but its about 10 feeet under the dirt itself.
grayson grant boi u got the rest of ur life to dig lol
Four years later have you found any?
what do you mean?
Weird audio
Too bad the audio is so horrible
If Jocassee Dam ever burst due to an earthquake or anything else the nuclear station down stream would be in immediate danger. Has anyone else realized this yet?
True, but most of the immediate deaths would probably come from the flooding
Yeah Duke Energy did and they added some more protection
No, only you.
Chances are even with a major earthquake it won’t bust open because it’s a reinforced ROCK dam then coated with concrete. But yeah I hear ya is it looks pretty sketchy when you’re at the base of the dam looking up
Fake history 4 these places was flooded way 2 fast leaving soda machines and people's Graves and these towns had occult names for streets makes 1 wonder.
Not sure you're right about that. I know someone who helped relocate graves.
I’m sorry Chris but I have to disagree with you. My family used to live in then Jocassee Valley. We only had a couple roads back then so which ones do you consider had occult names?
@@roadtripboy they gave us the option to relocate the graves at no cost. Some of us chose to have family members relocated to the new plot and some of us decided to keep our ancestors buried.
@@captainjocassee the 1s seen under the water I am from sc never been in this town it's just strange really strange this was all left to be flooded.The names horizon and there was a few more shown under water.Just saying it's Strange.
"when the white man came" hahahaha
wierd
not TRUE
What's not true?