Post: This town wasn't lost to time. It was drowned on purpose. Brown Station, New York, was a rural black and indigenous community tucked into the Catskill Mountains. Families farmed the land, built schools, raised children. They called it home. But in the early nineteen hundreds, New York City wanted more water, and the state decided Brown Station had to go using eminent domain. They seized the land, offering little to no compensation. Then they demolished the homes, flooded the valley, and created what we now call the Shogun Reservoir. Over five hundred residents were displaced. But they didn't just lose home. They lost history because here's what they don't teach. Nearby white towns were given time to relocate. Buildings were preserved, graves removed with care. Brown Station, No markers, no memorials, no reparations. It was a race, not just from the land, but from the memory of the nation. And yet it's story remains buried under water but not forgotten. This is the first in a six part series on black and indigenous towns drowned across America because what they tried to wash away We're bringing back to the surface. Follow if stories like this deserve to be remembered because that broke me. And if this is your first time hearing it, drop Brown Station in the comments. We're not done, We're just getting started. Share, Believe, inspire blacks be.

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