Pictures from when Lake Mead was at it's highest in 1983

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I posted a few days ago i inherited my family's photo albums. I have only been told stories of how high the lake was "back in the day" and how you could dangle your feet in the water at the top of the Echo Bay Launch ramp. Honestly I didn't believe the stories until I stumbled across the photo's below.

I also have been told about how they had hotel rooms at Overton Beach back in 1983, until the lake rose and swallowed them up. I didn't believe that, until I found these pictures. I would of only been 2 years old when these were taken. All I can say is wow, where did all the water GO!!!!

Thought some of you would like to see these. I tried to find other pictures from Overton Beach back in 1983 through GOOGLE and couldn't find anything that actually shows what happened when the lake rose so quick.

Wish we could actually have one of these 100 year floods to fill the lake to the level it should be so we all can stop worrying about our awesome and beautiful lake.


Echo Bay 1983 - http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx299...f11629.jpg

Overton Beach 1983 when the hotel was there

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