St. Thomas Reemergence

St. Thomas Reemergence

Before the Hoover Dam was built, there used to be a town where Lake Mead is now, called St. Thomas. The entire town was purchased by the federal government and abandoned. The water level of Lake Mead has fallen so much in recent years that parts of the town can be now be seen and explored (as of August 2022).

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