New Madrid Earthquakes, Narrated by Conevery Bolton Valencius
Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius is a Professor of History at Boston College, and author of “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes” and “The Health of the Country: How American Settlers Understood Themselves and Their Land.” Dr. Valencius recounts the New Madrid earthquakes which reshaped the landscape, displaced Indigenous Americans, and prompted America's first disaster relief legislation.
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New Madrid Seismic Zone activity 1974-201
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Another thing I never learned in school...
Thanks Heather Cox Richardson and all the contributors!
I’ve never heard of this bit of history before. Fascinating! Loving these videos.