The Governments plan had worked.

Many of the residents of Amity had evacuated the town and had bought up land in the Belfast Valley.

For the first time in the Valley's history people began to form bonds and rely on each other to survive, causing the first  towns and small communities to appear.

Small Towns Big Dreams

    ( Named after the Roderick Coal Mine )

The small town of Roderick was a prime location for building a new life.  

The Coal and lodging industry brought in tons of new opportunities for growth.

Currently Roderick is the economic center for the Belfast Valley.  

The small coal mine has brought in more money then anyone could ever imagine.

In the left side of the picture you can see where the land is being leveled and cleared for the construction of a freight train line.

It is being funded solely by the Roderick Coal mine.

Jessingburg:

     ( Named after the First man to settle there, Ryan Jessingburg )

The Town sits just a few miles south of Roderick.

It is the home of the Valley's first coal power plant.

However it has its problems.....It sits just a few feet above the lake.

During rain storms the rocky coast prevents stronger waves from washing the town away.

New Amity:

     ( A memorial to the lives lost from drinking the contaminated water )

New Amity Actually sits below the surface of the lake.

The town was founded during a drought and when the rain came back it flooded New Amity.

The residents built a small series of earth levies to combat the rising lake water, planting native grass on it to anchor the soil.

The government continues to count the pennies that pour in from the valley as they make bigger and bolder plans to bring more workers into Belfast.

Roderick is currently Constructing a railroad to move freight.

Jessingburg is working on industrializing the region.

New Amity is attempting to build canals and passageways for ships to easily sail from there town to any other part of the lake.

They may be small towns.....But they have big dreams.

Ps. Congrats to the Saints for winning the Superbowl!!!!!!!!!!