The town of Proctor was a logging town located on the north shore of Lake Fontana. When the lake was flooded, access was cut off to the town site, and specifically to the 34+ cemeteries located on the northern shore of the lake. A road to the cemeteries was promised, but never completed. Now, a "Road to Nowhere" ends 10 miles short of its destination.

These are some of the resources used in this episode:

• Wikipedia article
• Atlas Obscura
• Proctor Slide Show (with great photos of the old town.)
• WLOS Article from 2023
• The Ghost Towns of Hazel Creek
• Proctor Cemetery
• Road to Nowhere
• Clementine Cove
• Granville Calhoun Obituary
• Interview with Delia Woodard Watkins
• Interview with Claude M. Douthit
• Interview with Christine Cole Proctor

When the Fontana Dam was completed in 1944, the newly created lake inundated several communities in Western North Carolina, including the towns of Judson and Almond. This week we take a look at Judson, on the southern side of Lake Fontana.

Here are some of the resources used in this episode;

• Remembering Judson
• A Visit to the Judson of 1943
• Following Wagon Trails - 1890s Almond
• Christopher Columbus Bryson
• Interview with Edna and Try Whiteside
• Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Fort Madison, Old Madison, and New Madison were located on the Tugaloo River in the western part of Oconee County. Here are some of the links I used in this episode:

• Incorporation of Madison
• Tugaloo Corridor
• Tugaloo Town
• Trip to Long Nose Falls