When I asked the question, "Where did the water end up when the Mississippi flowed north in 1811," I knew I would get an answer from the list. I just wasn't expecting the answers I got. I knew the river flowed north Dec 16, 1811 period, end of discussion. Now I find that the river may have appeared to flow north, but not necessarily. Also it wasn't the strongest quake to take place the winter of 1811/1812. There was a series of earth quakes in a very specific sequence, the strongest of which happened on Feb 7, 1812. Being rather retarded, I now have to ask, if the bells rang in Boston sometime during the sequence of quakes, the river flowed with huge waves and the land rose in huge plates of earth and lakes were formed, what happened to the water? Where was the point where the water stopped flowing NORTH? Confound this genealogy kick I'm on. I can't find two of my great grandfathers burial sites either.----Jim