The Day the River Ran Backward - February 7, 1812

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

On February 7th, 1812, the most powerful earthquake in American history east of the Rockies struck the Mississippi Valley. The river ran backward. A lake was born in minutes. And the landscape of the American heartland was permanently reshaped in a single morning.

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