Jim, One point was REELFOOT LAKE here in Tn near the state's NW corner about an hour or so from where I'm located 30+ miles NW of Memphis in Tipton County. Nannette Jims505@aol.com wrote: 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 Nannette Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

Greetings, Jim! This link has probably already been given, but in case not: http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/index.htm This page contains a number of further links, including some eye-witness accounts, and several area photographs from 1904. In one eye-witness account I read, the observer notes that the water in the Mississippi "flowed backward for several minutes," which is similar to what was observed during the devastating Port Royal, Jamaica earthquake of 1692. That river (the Rio Cobre) actually had part of a hillside slide into the river, blocking the flow for over a day. Makes the 1971 L.A. earthquake look like a baby! ;-) Regards, Cori > Jims505@aol.com wrote: > 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 > > > > Nannette > > Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > ==== 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 >