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

Jim and all, Here are some good earthquake links about the quake of 1811 one of the links has eye witness reports http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/USA/1811-1812.html http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/new_madrid/new_madrid.html http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/ (eye witness reports) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jims505@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:35 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 >