THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES OF 1811-12

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This story chronicles the most powerful and destructive earthquake to ever hit the U.S. mainland, and it was only one of many that hit the settlement of New Madrid Missouri and surrounding towns. Of the top twent earthquakes to hit the U.S. mainland and Alaska, three nit the New Madrid region within a few months, destroying entire towns, causing geysers to spew sulphur smoke throughout the region, and leaving many homeless. The Mississippi River was forced to run backwards for 2 hours because of the upheaval of the earth along the fault line. Eyewitness accounts describe the devastation and panic that ensued. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytellers! Android devices: https://podbay.fm/p/1001-historys-best-storytellers (cut and paste into your url) Apple devices: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megapho. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome back everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries Podcast. This is your
0:32.4	host John Hagadorn and it's great to have you
0:34.8	with us today. If you think 2020 has been a strange year it's time you heard about
0:39.8	1812 right here in the US.
0:43.6	We've been through tsunamis and tornadoes together
0:46.2	here at 1001 Heroes Podcast, so I thought it was the right time
0:49.5	to talk about the most powerful and destructive series
0:52.2	of earthquakes and aftershocks to ever hit the US.
0:55.8	The New Madrid Missouri earthquakes of 1811.
1:00.4	The story has a lot of value, I believe, to anyone who is interested in US history and geology,
1:05.0	because it incorporates a wide selection of persons and events from the early 19th century in America.
1:11.0	A time when Missouri was considered the frontier, the Mississippi River was just beginning to see steamboat traffic. This story and the stories of the people and the wide region affected by these massive quakes provides a fascinating window to a rarely
1:25.2	talked about period of time in America.
1:28.9	1811 was a year of firsts in the US.
1:31.9	In January that year, the largest slave rebellion in the US. In January of that year the largest slave rebellion in the US took place in New Orleans.
1:37.2	For most of the year the great comet of 1811 was discovered and was visible to the naked eye.
1:45.3	It became known as toicumsa's Comet for the rebellious Indian chief whose name Tacumsa meant Shooting Star or more loosely
1:50.5	translated he who walks across the sky.
1:54.6	It had last been seen 3,065 years ago
1:57.7	during the reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II.
2:01.1	Tacumpse's equally famous brother, The Prophet, had predicted a solar eclipse in 1806, and when the
2:07.0	governor of Indiana challenged him to repeat defeat in 1811, the Prophet did so.
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