Oklahoma Stories: The Town Below the Lake
Oklahoma Stories: The Town Below the Lake
When the Lake Altus dam was completed in 1947, the small town of Lugert disappeared under its banks. But from time to time, when drought strikes SW Oklahoma, remains of the lost city can be found.
We stumbled upon this 2013 Lake Altus-Lugert feature profiling the drought-ridden re-appearance of the City of Lugert’s remains.
Things are a bit different now — the lake is currently at 102 percent capacity.
Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸
Oh, it’s at 102%.
That was very interesting, they said on the news in okc that the lake was at less than 9% and now it is at 98% full.
My mother was born in Uncas,OK. Now under the Kaw Lake.
I was once told by a native about a brief shooting war with Texas long ago over that general piece of real estate in the far sw corner of the state around Altus bordering the Red River. It boggles the mind.