On Shaky Ground: The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812

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In dex Allegheny Mountains, 5, 46 Anchorage, Alaska: 1964 earthquake, 31 L'Anse a la Graisse, 5. See also Cove of Fat, Cove of Grease Asimov, Isaac, 4 Atkinson, William (The Next New Madrid Earthquake), 26, 33, 40, 43, 74, 78, 79,97,100 Audubon, John James, 47, 48 Baily, Francis, 18, 19 Baltimore, Md., 41 Barrens of Kentucky, 48 Big Lake, Mo./Ark., 52 Big Prairie, Ark., 53 Blytheville, Ark., 24, 43; as epicenter of first quake, 54, 62 Bock, Lynn, 70 Bootheel of Missouri, 1, 59, 60 Boston, Mass., 41, 64 Bradbury, John: eyewitness account, 26, 30,34 Bringier, Louis: eyewitness account, 30 Brooks, Jared: recorded quakes at Louisville, Ky., 31, 46, 47 Brownell, John, 86 Browning, Iben, 67-68, 72, 74 Bryan, Eliza: eyewitness account, 28-32, 39 Cairo, Ill., 37, 43, 62 Cape Girardeau, Mo., 6, 25, 55, 62, 67, 75,80,94 Cape Girardeau County, 55, 62, 64 Caracas, Venezuela, 57 Carbondale, Ill.: current earthquake preparations, 74 Carondelet, 86 Carr, Lucien, 58 Caruthers, James, 53 Caruthersville, Mo., 24, 53, 62 Cavelier, Robert, 10 Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 14 Center for Earthquake Studies, 25, 62, 64,75,80,97 Central United States Earthquake Center (CUSEC),73,76,78,80 Cerre, Jean Gabriel, 11 Charles III, 11 Charleston, Mo., 62 Charleston, S.C., 41 Chartier, Ben, 33, 40, 91; eyewitness account, 24-25 Chicago, Ill., 64 Chillicothe, Mo., 55 Chisholm, H. M., 83-84 Christian County, Ky., 43 Church of Immaculate Conception, 86 Cincinnati, Ohio, 31, 41, 46, 48 Clark, Governor William: New Madrid claims, 59 Clark, William, 70, 71 109 110 On Shaky Ground Cole, Burton, 72 Collins, Earl A., 5 Columbia, S.C., 50 Columbia, Tenn., 43 Coronado, Francisco: exploration in Missouri, 9-10 Cove ofFat, 16 Cove of Grease 5,12 Covington family, 53 Cravens, Clement, 72 Crowley's Ridge, 9 Cuenometer, 91 Curran, leRoy, 45 Curran family, 45 Decatur, Ill., 72 Delaware Indians: in southeast Missouri, 5, 11; left New Madrid, following quakes, 55 DeSoto, Hernando, 8, 9, 10 Detroit, Mich., 67 Dillard, A. N., 22 Dixie Theater, 76 Dorsey, Samuel, 83 Douglass, Robert Sidney, 82 Dow, Lorenzo, 28 Drake, Daniel: recorded quak~s at Cincinnati, Ohio, 31, 46, 48 Dudley, Timothy, 43, 45 Dunklin County, Mo., 9 Eldorado, Ill., 64 Federal Emergency Management Agency {FEMA),73 Finley, James B., 57 Fiske, John, 84 Flint, Timothy: early reports on quakes, 27,31,33,54 Foley, William, 10, 11 Fort Jefferson, Ky., 53 Frankfort, Ky., 49 Frisco Railroad, 86 Fuller, Myron, 32, 33, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 58 Fulton, Robert, 36 Gardoqui, Diego de, 12, 16 Glastetter, Tiffany, 69 Great Lakes, 49 GulfofMexico,S, 10 Hailey, Jack, 91 Halstead, Dorothy H., 21 Hayes, Alice Sloas, 3 Helena, Ark., 9 Helice, Greece, 40 Henderson,K~,36,48 Hente, David, 94 Hobbs, Lou, 89, 94 Howe, Henry, 29 Hunter, Martha, 70, 89 Immaculate Conception School, 92 Indiana Territory, 7 Island 8: Mississippi River ran backward, 39 Island 9: falls on Mississippi River, 37; in Civil War, 86 Island 10: falls on Mississippi River, 37; Mississippi River ran backward, 39; in Civil War, 84, 85, 86, 87 Island 94: and pirates, 52 Jackson, Mo.: first tremors, 43 Jacksonville, Ill., 43 Jefferson, Ind.: earthquake's effect on, 45 Jefferson City, Mo., 14,80 Johnston, Arch, 14 Jolliet, Louis, 10 Joseph, Father: eyewitness account, 34 Kaskaskia, Ill., 43; quakes in 1795 and 1804,66 Kaskaskia Indians: in southeastMissouri, 5,6 Kelso, Mo., 69 Kentucky Bend, 44 Kishkahna, 6 Index 111 Knox, Ray, 65, 72, 93, 99; reports about 1811-1812 quakes, 25, 27, 41, 42; on forming of Reelfoot Lake, 51, 52 Knoxville, Tenn., 50 Kroll, Henry, 28 Kurz, Don, 9 La Guaria, Venezuela, 57 La Roche, Firmin: eyewitness account, 34 Lebanon, Ohio, 46 Le Om, Pierre, 7 LeSier, Jake, 24 leSieur, Francois, 11, 12 leSieur, Godfrey, 12 leSieur, Joseph, 11 leSueur, Charles A., 83 Lewis, Henry, 84 Lewis, Meriwether, 19 Lewis and Clark expedition, 19 lilbourn, Mo., 86 little Prairie, Mo., 24-27, 32, 35, 40, 53, 63 livingston, Robert, 36 lloyd, James T., 35 Loessing, Benson, Jr., 7 Logsdon, David, 47 Los Angeles, Calif., 70 Lost Village, Mo., 53 Louisiana Purchase, 19 Louisiana Territory, 11; territorial governors, 19; became Territory of Missouri, 54, 55 Louisville, Ky., 31, 36; effects of 18111812 earthquakes on, 46-49 LouisXN, 10 Louis XV, 11 Lyell, Sir Charles, 66 Lynch, Fred, 69 Madison County, Mo., 53 Madrid...