The Richland-Chambers Reservoir in Texas hides a buried history beneath its waters. When the lake was built, the graves of formerly enslaved men, women, and children were flooded and forgotten. Families who carved out freedom after emancipation lost their sacred burial grounds to “progress.” This story reveals the erasure of Black cemeteries, the suppression of history, and the untold truth about how Texas buried freedom under water and erased generations from memory.