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Name:   LifeTime Laker The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   The History books are wrong
Date:   4/29/2008 10:30:57 AM

I wasn't around back then, I can only go on what the history books tell me. And they tell me the lake bed was clear cut. Are there a few isolated area's where a few stumps were left. Maybe? Do the pictures show any. No? Has 80+ years of erosion brought a few more trees into the 'lakebed' that have since been cut and left stumps? Absolutely!!

The lake was engineered for a 50ft drawdown and was 'clear cut' and stumps removed down to level to that level at a VERY MINIMUM. PP has see some stumps below that level, but I would bet it is due to terrain at the time making removal next to imposible. There were three sawmills set up around the future lake to handle all the timber being cut. Most was floated down the river and the lumber used in the construction of the dam and the associated 'camp buildings'. What was not needed or not feasible to get all the way to the dam was bundled and chained to the lake bed below the 440 mark so as not to be exposed during drawdowns.
There is company now in existence that is permitted my APCO to retrieve said timber and sell.

If you choose to argue the point any further you can do it with the historians. And BTW- they weren't 'dozed' as there was no such machines widely availabe at the time. They were pulled up the old fashioned way with horses, mules, and manpower.
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KARIS PARK - stingray - 4/28/2008 4:44:47 PM
     KARIS PARK - Bob - 4/28/2008 5:59:13 PM
          KARIS PARK - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 6:28:21 PM
               KARIS PARK - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 7:38:26 PM
               KARIS PARK - Lakeman - 4/28/2008 8:03:31 PM
               We had a place at Bama Park - TotheLake - 4/28/2008 10:10:12 PM
     KARIS PARK - dmp - 4/28/2008 6:37:19 PM
          KARIS PARK - Bob - 4/28/2008 7:54:57 PM
               Stop the presses!! - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:22:03 PM
                    Stop the presses!! - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:27:22 PM
                         Stop the presses!! - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:36:01 PM
                    APCO Recreational Map - Maverick - 4/28/2008 8:35:04 PM
                         APCO Recreational Map - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:44:19 PM
                              APCO Recreational Map - Maverick - 4/28/2008 8:52:46 PM
                                   I'll hold my breath ..... - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:01:40 PM
                         APCO Recreational Map - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:49:19 PM
                              Jlazc - Have Your Answer - Maverick - 4/29/2008 7:57:52 PM
                                   Well then..... - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/29/2008 9:15:41 PM
                         30 ft buffer - Nutin Bitein - 4/28/2008 9:52:42 PM
                              30 ft buffer - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:54:14 PM
                                   Sorry Nutin - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:56:22 PM
                                        Sorry Nutin - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:14:27 PM
                                        Sorry Nutin - Nutin Bitein - 4/29/2008 3:03:34 PM
               KARIS PARK - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 8:37:06 PM
                    PP, You can park your RV - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:43:55 PM
                         PP, You can park your RV - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:50:14 PM
                    AND BTW - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:57:14 PM
                         AND BTW - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 9:09:53 PM
                              AND BTW - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:13:21 PM
                                   AND BTW - boataholic - 4/28/2008 10:52:13 PM
                              I'm in!! (NT) - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:14:57 PM
                              And... - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:16:55 PM
                              AND BTW - boataholic - 4/28/2008 9:20:31 PM
                              AND BTW - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:26:13 PM
                                   LTL - You Drinking Again - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:31:31 PM
                                        Say What?? - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:40:58 PM
                                             Say What?? - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:43:13 PM
                                             Buried at My House - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:49:00 PM
                                        LTL - You Drinking Again - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:41:11 PM
                                             LTL - You ARE DRINKING - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:51:54 PM
                                                  LTL - You ARE DRINKING - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:12:19 PM
                    PP - Building Covenants - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:07:13 PM
                         PP - Building Covenants - Bob - 4/28/2008 9:53:01 PM
                              PP - Building Covenants - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:22:01 PM
                              PP - Building Covenants - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 10:22:08 PM
                                   PP - Building Covenants - Bob - 4/28/2008 10:56:53 PM
                                        PP - Building Covenants - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 11:39:15 PM
                    Answer - longtimer - 4/29/2008 12:24:14 AM
                         Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 8:52:14 AM
                              Answer - green,ed - 4/29/2008 9:24:31 AM
                                   Answer - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 9:57:13 AM
                                        Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:14:43 AM
                                             Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:16:39 AM
                                             The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 10:30:57 AM
                                                  The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:54:57 AM
                                                       The History books are wrong - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 11:13:07 AM
                                                       The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 11:22:37 AM
                                                            The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 11:33:01 AM
                                                                 The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 12:18:01 PM
                                                            The History books are wrong - 8hcap - 4/29/2008 12:16:17 PM
                                                                 The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 12:21:27 PM
                                                                      The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 12:37:04 PM
                                                                           The History books are wrong - Pier Pressure - 4/29/2008 1:08:17 PM
                                                                                The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 2:14:35 PM
                                                                                     I don't live on the fourm - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 2:54:56 PM
                                                                                          ltl - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 4:16:12 PM
                                                                                               No I haven't but I will try to - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 4:51:40 PM
                                                                                                    No I haven't but I will try to - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 5:13:18 PM
                                                                                                    No I haven't but I will try to - 8hcap - 4/30/2008 9:42:45 AM
                                                                                                         No I haven't but I will try to - LifeTime Laker - 4/30/2008 9:53:37 AM
                                                                                     I forgot.... - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 2:57:38 PM
                                                                                          I forgot.... - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 5:29:01 PM


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