Oahe Dam dam upstream is Garrison Dam, near Riverdale, North Dakota, and the next dam downstream is Big Bend Dam, near Fort Thompson, South Dakota. In September and October 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through what is now Lake Oahe while exploring the Missouri River. Oahe Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, and construction by the United States Army Corps of Engineers began in 1948. The world’s first rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) was invented in 1952 by James S. Robbins for the Oahe Dam project, which marked the beginning of machines replacing human tunnelers. The
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located on the northern shore of Kentucky Lake in Marshall County. The park encompasses and is one of the state's more popular resort parks. The park features a convention center, 18-hole golf course, and lighted runway for light aircraft. The park received an upgraded rating from two diamonds to three diamonds from the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 2007. Cumberland Falls State Resort Park also received the upgraded rating. The two facilities were the first state resort parks to achieve the three-diamond rating