Land Between The Lakes
• General History
• Former Towns:  Carmack, Energy, Fungo, Futrell, Golden Pond, Ironton, Laura Furnace, Model, Tharpe
• LBL Cemeteries
• Old Schools & Churches:  Stewart County, Trigg County, Lyon County

Murray/Calloway County
• General history of Calloway County

Cadiz/Trigg County
• Old Schools & Churches in LBL

Eddyville/Kuttawa/Lyon County
• Old Schools & Churches in LBL
• The Exodus:  Eddyville's Relocation
• The Flood of 1937

Benton/Aurora/Marshall County
• Eggner's Ferry Bridge Ribbon Cutting, c. 1943
• Kentucky Dam and Kentucky Dam Village
(in-depth research report offsite)

Dover/Stewart County & Vicinity
• Fort Donelson
• Old Schools & Churches in LBL
• The Houston County Railroad Bridge
• The Big Building in the Middle of Kentucky Lake

Grand Rivers  (top)
• General History of Grand Rivers

If you have written research papers or historical articles of any topic on the Kentucky Lakes Area, we would love to post your article on our site!  We also would love to post any historical pictures that you may have, particularly ones of buildings, communities, events, transportation systems, before & after pictures, among others.  E-mail us at mail@explorekentuckylake.com for details.

Click here to Map our Historical Points of Interest

Did you know that entire towns, one with over 2500 residents, had to be completely relocated when the lakes were built?  And did you know that thousands of people were relocated when the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) purchased over 170,000 acres of land to form a national recreation area?  It's true. 

Something of this magnitude doesn't seem possible.  But it happened, beginning in 1938 and lasting over the next 30 years.  We invite you to take a look at the wonderful history of the Kentucky Lakes Area - from yesterday to the Civil War.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the opening of Kentucky Dam in 1945