Very s e Batavia twnsp, and nw Tate twnsp, and sw Williamsburg twnsp,and even a bit lying o the creeks in Monroe township was bought by the federal,or state governments 1970-75 for the above. The lake also was called East Fork [of the Little Mimi River] til US Congressman Harsha retired. Normal pool of the lake is [?] 2000 acres, but it's to impound flood waters. The state park surrounding it is [?] 7000 acres. Few buildings within their bounds survivied,even those above flood waters. Old Bethel Methodist,and it's 5 acres churchyard, dating from 1807,was the major survivier,thanks,in part,to REV Carl Ely, carlely@juno.com, and my parents,and like minded souls. There were some 1810 era stone houses flattened, and 1-2 log cabins removed to Burke Parke,Bethel, and many lives up-rooted. 3 Suicides. And attempt was made to save the Teegarden-Pinkham-Reece farm as a tourist site,but that failed. Nantucket whalers Pinkham's ran it as a New England industrial farm. Meaning-maple sugar, sorghum, cider mill, saw mill etc and doctoring,instead of entiely farming. And it adjoined Richard Collins mansion farm, which was a Southern plantation type, but those were not the norm. The original population in th park area of 1803-10 was mostly NJ. Princeton and Atlantic City general areas. I guess the park boundry bends around Concord Methodist,and churchyard, and the lake-park is just across a road from a former Methodist church called today, Greenbrier cemetary. Some places in Clermont,an area of 10,000 [?] acres would have included many family cemetaries, but the Jerseymen buried mostly in Methodist churchyards. I hiked the ex-farms quite a bt,til the bull dozers arrivied to clear the lake bed. Last time I've seen much of it. I courted my wife by driving across the former Twin Bridges,now a main pool. I could add many surnames,but it's the middle of the night. And I'm biting my tongue [with my toothless old gums] to keep from adding a few bitter remarks about it's building. There was one blessing,at least. George and Ruth Ann Mattox Rooks were moved in as State Park managers. And remain my dear friends. George's newspaper column of 2 weeks ago was "Fisherman says good bye to a dear friemd,Hermon Fagley" .And he still fishes with my Dad's home made fly rod. Crying--------------