The story of those who lost to the Tennessee Valley Authority

When the Depression arrived, FDR wanted jobs for the region. He wanted hydroelectric power, and he wanted to prevent nearly annual downstream flooding that affected farmland and damaged local economies.

FDR created the TVA, or the Tennessee Valley Authority in May 1933. Numerous towns and communities were flooded in order to make way for the reservoirs and dams the TVA created.

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