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Lake Mead Drought
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Volume 56 Number 6, November/December 2003
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by Eric A. Powell
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In 1938, the last resident of the town of St. Thomas rowed away from his house as it was submerged by the waters of Nevada's Lake Mead. Now a four-year drought has exposed the town, which was founded by Mormon settlers in 1865. The ruins of St. Thomas, including the house above, are giving National Park Service archaeologists a rare look at a historical Nevada farming settlement. The site has also attracted looters, so a group of volunteers from the local community has been formed to protect and monitor the ruins.
© 2003 by the Archaeological Institute of America
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