Lots of oxbow lakes, too. The Mississippi and the Ohio also used to come in down near Natchez - just FYI! Go to my website (link below) and go to the New Madrid page - it has links to all kinds of info on it. Lisa Farrand Kemp (the earthquake freak) http://pookie-baby.tripod.com/Farrand2000/index.html > Jim: > > As I remember, Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee came to be as a result of that > earthquake. Obviously there would have been deep and wide sinkholes and > chasms formed. Interesting. Where's our H2O expert? I think it's Larry? > Sorry I lost the e-mail address when I upgraded. > > Gary Stoltman > Mercerville, NJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jims505@aol.com> > To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:35 PM > Subject: [StL-Metro] Earthquake of 1811 > > > > December 16, 1811 there was a huge earthquake along the New Madrid fault > in > > southeast Missouri that caused the Mississippi River to reverse its course > and > > flow northward. > > > > Where would the water back up to? That much water had to be displaced to > some > > point. Does anyone know where that point was?----Jim > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > For tips on researching St. Louis Church Records: > http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/churchrecords.htm > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you are researching the Irish in St. Louis, you might want to have a look at > Diane Shaw's websites: http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/Irshnstl.htm and > http://members.gtw.net/~seamus/KerryPatch.htm >