Reelfoot and the New Madrid Quake Author:Juanita Clifton and Lou Harshaw Contents: The Arrival, The Mission, The River, The Town, The Earthquake, The Aftermath, The Lake. — "On a clear, quiet December morning, at half past two, in the year of 1811, the earth under and around New Madrid, Missouri, began to shake and tremble as if with some terrible fever." — "The devastating earthquake, one of the most massive to ever ... more »take place on the North American continent, gave man the wonderful gift of Lake Reelfoot in Tennessee."« less