References by Category
New Madrid—Master Reference List
Table Headings
[p.3] Personal Narratives—first- or second-hand
1. Primary Eyewitness accounts — epicentral zone, not far-field
2. Pre-Earthquake Observers
3. Post-Earthquake Observers
[p. 5] New Madrid: Town History
4. General Town History
5. George Morgan Episode
6. Eliza Bryan
[p. 7] Scientific and Recent 'Popular' Accounts
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Early Scientific (pre-Nuttli)
Modern Scientific (~Nuttli and later)
Early (pre-20th century, esp. pre-1811) Views of Earthquakes
Recent Popular Accounts
[p. 9] The 1811-12 Earthquakes: Descriptions & Effects
11. Description of Earthquake Features (~scientific)
12. Near-Field Descriptions & Effects
D1 descriptions (near field)
J1 descriptions (near field)
F1 descriptions (near field)
13. Earthquake Effects—Cumulative
14. General Compilations
15. Far Field: Indexed by state & town/county
[p.15] Mississippi River
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Rivers in General: Fluvial Geomorphology
Mississippi River: Physical Description
Mississippi River—river traffic & people
Mississippi River—Exploration and Early History (1541-1800)
Mississippi Valley (physical geography)
Mississippi River—Steamboat New Orleans
Mississippi River—Island Number 10
[p. 20] Reelfoot Lake and the Eastern Bluffs
23. Reelfoot Lake: General Description
24. Reelfoot—Indian Legend
25. Reelfoot—History
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26. Obion Lake/River & the Chickasaw Bluffs
[p. 21] Topography & Drainage
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Primarily: Topography
Primarily: Drainage & Soil
Primarily Topographic/Drainage Changes
Drainage District Projects — Arkansas & Missouri
[p. 23] History, Religion, Recovery
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History — General
History — Arkansas
History — Kentucky
History — Mississippi
History — Missouri
History — West Tennessee
History — Recovery
History — Biography
History — Religion
[p. 27] Native Americans
40. Native American History
41. Native American Archaeology/Pre-history
42. Tecumseh
[p. 29] Reference Works
43. General Reference
44. Maps/Cartography Reference
45. Bibliographic Reference
[p. 29] Fiction & Folklore
46. Fiction
47. Folklore & Myth
[p. 29] Other Notable Physical Phenomena
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Comets
Floods
Little Ice Age
River log rafts [R] and Caddo Lake [C]/Red River raft [RR]
Obion River [O]; St. Francis River [SF]
[p.31] Maps
52. Mississippi River
53. Mississippi Embayment–Topo & Drainage
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Kentucky Bend/Island No. 10
Reelfoot Lake/Lake Obion/Chickasaw Bluffs
Town of New Madrid
Miscellaneous—Historical/Scientific
[p. 35] Special Interest Sites
58. Arkansas Post
59. Fort Osage
Personal Narratives—first- or second-hand
Primary Eyewitness accounts — epicentral zone, not far-field
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Audubon, John James (1897). "Audubon and His Journals"
Bedinger, Daniel (1812). D1, island #13 above Little Prairie National Intelligencer
Bradbury, John (1817). "Travels in the Interior of America..." Univ. Microfilms, Inc.
Bringier, Louis (1821)J1, on horseback near New Madrid
Braunm, Michael (1896). in Smyth-Davis, M., "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
Chartier, Ben (1881). (D1, D3) Interview in New Madrid Weekly Record of 1881
Davis, John (1812). (in Cramer)D1, on river at Island #25, below Pierce
Dean, Gilbert (1936). "Stories of the Great Quake" [anonymous D1, river]
Dillard, A. N. (1869). D1, in Foster, J.W., "The Miss. Valley, Its Physical Geography"
"Earthquake, The" (18 Jan. 1812). D1 river account, Western Sun, Cincinnati
Eastwood, Martha (n.d.). verbal account of the earthquakes (G), in "Early History..."
Extract (The) (1 Feb 1812). Anonymous New Madrid letter (D1); Lexington Reporter
Fletcher, James (1812). 21 Jan 1812 letter in Pittsburg Gazette D1, Little Prairie
Foster, __ (Dr.) (1812). 16 Jan 1812 letter, Farmer's Reposit. -companion of Bedinger
Fowler, Judge Wiley P., in Purcell, Martha G. (1969) "Great Convulsions…Reelfoot L."
Griswold, Stanley (1813). letters in "The Medical Repository, New Series, I"
Harris, J. C. (nd). Written account of eyewitnesses — from Spears (1910)
Hildreth's eyewitness [Hildreth, Samuel Prescott, 1842]. "American Pioneer"
Holliday, Major Benjamin [D1(?) eyewitness D1 account in Korn, A. L. B. (1919)]
Holloman, Allen [eyewitness account in Cochran, K.J.H. (1992)] SE Missourian
Hudson’s eyewitness [Hudson, Arthur Palmer, 1947]. "Ballad of the New Madrid Eq."
Land, Yearby (1908). eyewitness in Berry, Daniel, Transact. Illinois St. Hist. Soc.
La Roche, Fermin (1928). "A Sailor's Record of the New Madrid Earthquake"
Lesieur, Godfrey (1867-70; ~1872). Letters, in NMWR & St. Louis Republican
Lesieur, Godfrey (1871). "Letter to Mr. Hager" in Switzler, Douglas, Campbell, etc.
McDaniel, William (1910). grandfather of Samuel McDaniel, "Journals & Diaries"
McCoy, Robert (n.d.)New Madrid, compares D1 and F1
Nichol, Pierre (1873). in Williams, Joseph S., "Old Times in West Tennessee..."
Nolte, Vincent (1854). "Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres" [F1 eyewitness]
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Pierce, William Leigh (1812). "An Account of the Great Earthquakes..."
Ritchie, James (1859). informant to T. Dudley, Annual Rpt, Smithonian, 1858
Roddell, George (1812)D1, Little Prairie account
Shaler's 'Patron' (1815). F1, on river at Island #10
Shaw, John (1912). "...Account of Colonel John Shaw" Missouri Hist. Rev. and. (1856). "Shaw's
Narrative" Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin (full account)
Speed, Mathias (1812). "From the Bairdstown (Kentucky) Repository"
Steele, Rev. John M. (1892). In Jewell, Horace, "History of Methodism in Arkansas"
Thompson, Wilson (1867). "The Autobiography of Elder Wilson Thompson..."
Vertner (Vettner, Verner), John (1812). 4 accounts, earliest 2/29/1812 Lex. Reporter
Walker, John Hardeman (1931). [account from F. V. LeSieur's "Early History"] (G)
Warner, Aug. (1902). "Disappearance of Island No. 94" St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Whittier, Catherine (1875), in Trousdale, Leon, "Annual Address...."
Wiseman, John (n.d.) account of the earthquakes. In "Early History" F1 account
Pre-Earthquake observers
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Ashe, Thomas (1809). "Travels in America Performed in the Year 1806"[1806]
Baily, Francis (1856). "Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of N. Amer...."[1797]
Bossu, Jean-Bernard (1962). "Travels in the Interior of North America..."[1751-1762]
Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1814). "Views of Louisiana..." [1810]
Charlevoix, Pierre de (1761). "Journal of a Voyage to North-America[1721]
Collot, Victor (1826). "A Journey in North America"[1796]
Cuming, Fortescue (1807-1809). "Tour of the Western Country (1807-1809)[1808]
Ellicott, Andrew (1962). "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott...."[17??]
Foreman, Samuel S. (1888). "Narrative of Journey down Ohio & Miss. R."[1789-90]
Hutchins, Thomas (1784). "...Description of Louisiana and West-Florida...."[1765]
Le Page du Pratz, Antoine Simor (1774). "History of Louisiana…"[1720-1734]
Melish, John (1812). "Travels in the USA in the Years 1806 & 1807 & …"[1806-1811]
Pittman, Capt. Philip (1770) [J. McDermott, ed. (1977)]. "The Present State[1765] of the European
Settlements on the Mississippi River..."
Pittman, Capt. Philip (1770) [R. Rea, ed. (1973)]. "The Present State of the [1765] European
Settlements on the Mississippi River..."
Pope, John (1792). "A Tour through the Western Territories of the U.S. …"[1791]
Roosevelt, Nicholas (ca 1810). –report on 1809 reconnaissance voyage[1809]
Schulz, Christian (1810). "Travels on an Inland Voyage...."[1808]
Stoddard, Amos (1812). "Sketches, Historical & Descriptive, of Louisiana"[1811?]
Williams, Samuel Cole (1928). "Early Travels in the Tennessee Country, 1540–1800"
Post-Earthquake observers
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Audubon, John James (1929). "Journal...Trip to New Orleans..."[1820-21]
Austin, Stephen F. (1924). "The Austin Papers" [ed. Eugene C. Barker][1812]
Bardstown letter (n.d.) from the "Citizen of Kentucky' [early spring (?) 1812]
Brown, Samuel R. (1817). "The Western Gazetteer; or, Emigrant's Directory"[1817?]
Cramer, Zadok (1814). "The Navigator" [editions 1-12] [winter, 1812]
Darby, William (1818). "The Emigrant's Guide"[1818]
Daubeny, Charles (1843). "Journal of a Tour Through the United States..."[1837-38]
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Dow, Lorenzo (1848). "The History of a Cosmopolite...."[Dec. 1815]
Engelmann, George (1929). "George Engelmann: Man of Science"[1837]
Evans, Estwick (1819). "A Pedestrious Tour, of 4000 miles..."[1818]
Farquhar, Allen (1820). letter to his father from New Madrid (Nov. 15)[1820]
Fearon, Henry Bradshaw (1818). "Sketches of America…"[1817]
Flagg, ( ). "Far West" describes mainly Cape Girardeau[1837]
Flower, George in Schmidt, Otto L. (1927). "The Miss. Valley…Englishman"[1816]
Flügel, J. G. in Flugel, Felix (1924). "Pages from a Journal…"[1817]
Flint, Timothy (1826). "Recollections of the Last Ten Years" [1819]
Hollander, Edward (1814). Annotated 1811 (7th) edition of Z. Cramer[April, 1814]
James, Edwin (1823). "Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh..."[1820]
Latrobe, Charles Joseph (1835). "The Rambler in North America"[1832]
Lyell, Sir Charles (1849). "A Second Visit to the United States..." [1846]
Madox, D. T. (1817). "Late Account of the Missouri Territory"[1817?]
Montulé, Edouard de (1821; 1950). "Travels in America, 1816-1817"[1817]
McBride, James (1910). "Brief Accounts of Journies in the Western Country..."[1812]
Nuttal, Thomas (1821). "A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory..." [1818]
Ross, James (1882). "The Life and Times of Elder Reuben Ross" [1836]
Schoolcraft, Henry R. (1821). "A Journal of a Tour....Missouri and Arkansas"[1819]
Smith, James (1812). letter to Zadok Crammer, 18 February 1812[Feb. 1812]
Thomas, David (1819). "Travels through the Western Country…"[summer, 1816]
New Madrid: Town History
General town history
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Amoureux, Michael (1806). "Book of Records of Surveys of....District of New Madrid"
Baily, Francis (1856). "Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of N. Amer. in 1796 & 1797"
Bissell, J. W. (1884). "Sawing out the Channel Above Island Number Ten"
Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1814). "Views of Louisiana..." — visited NM in 1810
Brown, Samuel R. (1817). "The Western Gazetteer; or, Emigrant's Directory"
Chartier, Ben (1881). (D1, D3) Interview in New Madrid Weekly Record of 1881
Clark, Elmer Talmage (1912). "One Hundred Years of New Madrid Methodism...."
Daughters of the American Revolution (n.d.) "New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12, compiled
from the New Madrid archive in New Madrid county courthouse"
Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri" –reprint, 1961
Goodspeed Publishing Co. (1888). "History of Southeast Missouri" Chicago
Graham, Richard (papers) (~1825). MO Hist. Soc.–Indian agent R. Graham’s papers
Houck, Louis (1908). "A History of Missouri ...." –up to statehood
Houck, Louis (1909). "The Spanish Régimé in Missouri"
Hunter-Dawson Family Papers (1819– ). Archive in Mississippi Valley Collection
"Hunt's Minutes" (1825) Spanish land grant claims comm. recorder Theodore Hunt
Kochtitzky, Otto (1931). "The Story of a Busy Life" —Ramfre Press
LeSieur, F. V. (Col.) ["A Creole"] (1893). "Early History...." from the NM Archive, MHS
Lewis, Henry (1967). "The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated" — 1857 NM painting
Miller, Miss Hunter (1948). "Historical New Madrid County: Mother of SE Missouri"
Morrow, Lynn (1980). "New Madrid and its Hinterland" Missouri Hist. Soc. Bull.
Mosely, William S. (1850). "New Madrid, Missouri" Western Journal
New Madrid Weekly Record (1866-present). microfilm at MHS, Columbia
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Penick, James Lal (1981). "The New Madrid Earthquakes" –also a 1976 edition
Ravenswaay, Charles van (1948). "New Madrid Reminiscences" MHS Bull.
Reps, John (1959). "New Madrid on the Mississippi" Soc. Archit. Hist. Journal
Reps, John W. (1965). "The Making of Urban America"
Richard, Brenda E. (1940). "Index to the New Madrid Archive, 1791-1804"
Rothensteiner, (Msgr) John E. (1939). "Historical Sketch of Catholic New Madrid"
Savelle, Max (1932b). "The Founding of New Madrid, Missouri"
Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1955). "New Madrid, Mother of Southeast Missouri"
Shrum, Edison E. (1989). "The Real New Madrid Earthquakes"
Vann, Jane and Vera Ashley (1985). "New Madrid County Cemetary Inscriptions"
Watson, Robert Goah (1855). "Memoir" [Douglas] & "Early New Madrid History" [WHMC]
Wetmore, Alphonso (1837). "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri"
WPA Historical Records Survey, New Madrid County (1935-44).
George Morgan Episode
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Hildreth, Samuel Prescott (1848). "Pioneer History" Ohio River valley & NW Terr.
Houck, Louis (1909). "The Spanish Régimé in Missouri"
Jacobs, James Ripley (1938). "Tarnished Warrior: Major-General James Wilkinson"
Reps, John (1959). "New Madrid on the Mississippi" Soc. Archit. Hist. Journal
Reps, John W. (1965). "The Making of Urban America"
Savelle, Max (1932a). "George Morgan, Colony Builder" Columbia Univ. Press
Swem, E. G. (1918). "A Letter from New Madrid, 1789"
Eliza Bryan
1. Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
2. Featherstone, Graden (n.d.). "Eyewitness Accounts of the 1811-12 Earthquakes..."
1. Flint, Timothy (1826). "Recollections of the Last Ten Years"
3. Garrett, W. B. (1900). "The Earthquakes of 1811" (just reprints E.B.'s 1816 letter)
1. Houck, Louis (1908). "A History of Missouri ...." –up to statehood
1. Houck, Louis (1909). "The Spanish Régimé in Missouri"
2. Howard, Mary Eliza (n.d.) anonymous Tennessee State Historical Society publication
—see also Featherstone, Graden (n.d.)—
9. Hunter-Dawson Family Papers (1819– ). Archive in Mississippi Valley Collection
10. LeSieur, F. V. (Col.) ["A Creole"] (1893). "Early History...." from the NM Archive, MHS
3. Richard, Brenda E. (1940). "Index to the New Madrid Archive, 1791-1804"
6. Shrum, Edison E. (1989). "The Real New Madrid Earthquakes"
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20. Vann, Jane and Vera Ashley (1985). "New Madrid County Cemetary Inscriptions"
Scientific and recent 'popular' accounts
Early Scientific (pre-Nuttli)
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Agar, W. M., R. F. Flint & C. R. Longwell (1929). "Geology from Original Sources"
Benson, Allen L. (1928). "The Story of Geology" –extract in MO Hist. Rev.
Branner, George C. & J. M. Hansell (1933). "Earthquake Risks in Arkansas"
Davison, Charles (1936). "Great Earthquakes"
DeKay, J. E. (1826). "Notes on a Fossil Skull in the Cabinet of the Lyceum...."
Fuller, Myron L. (1905a). "The New Madrid Earthquake, by Edward M. Shepard..."
Fuller, Myron L. (1906c). "Comparative Intensities of the New Madrid, Charleston,...""
Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
Haywood, John (1823). "The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee...."
Heinrich, Ross R. (1941). "A Contribution to the Seismic History of Missouri" BSSA
Krinitzsky, Ellis L. (1950). "Geological Investigation of Faulting in Lower Miss. Valley"
Macelwane, James B. (1930). "The Mississippi Valley Earthquake Problem"
MacFarlane, J. (1883). "The 'Earthquake' at New Madrid...Probably not an Earthq."
Mateker, Emil J. (1968). "Earthquakes in Missouri" –Wash. Univ. Magazine
4.McGee, W. J. (1892). "A Fossil Earthquake"GSA Bulletin
Moneymaker, Berlin C. (1954). "Some Early Earthquakes in Tenn. & Adjacent States"
Morse, William C. (1941). "New Madrid Earthquake Craters"
Owen, David Dale (1856). "Report of the Geological Survey of Kentucky, 1854-55"
Owen, David Dale (1858). "...Geological Reconnaissance ...northern Counties of Ark."
Safford, James M. (1869). "Geology of Tennessee"
Safford, James M. (1886). "..Economic & Agricultural Geology....State of Tennessee"
Sampson, F. A. (1913). "The New Madrid and Other Earthquakes in Missouri"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1889). "Aspects of the Earth"
Shepard, E. M. (1905). "The New Madrid Earthquake"
Usher, F. C. (1837). "On the Elevation of the Banks of the Mississippi in 1811"
Modern Scientific (~Nuttli and later)
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Clendenin, C. W. et al. (1989). "Reinterpretation of Faulting in Southeast Missouri"
Fisk, Harold N. (1944). "Geological Investigations of the Alluvial Valley..."
Grohskopf, J. G. (1955) "Subsurface Geology of the Miss. Embayment of SE Mo."
Hamilton, Robert M. (1980). "Quakes along the Mississippi" Natural History
Jackson, K. C. (1979). "Earthquakes and Earthquake History of Arkansas"
Knox, Ray and David Stewart (1998). "Morphoseismic Features in the NMSZ…"
Nuttli, Otto W. (1973). "The Mississippi Valley Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812...."
Nuttli, Otto W. (1977). "Eval. Eq. Haz., Cent. Miss. Valley" Am. Nuc. Soc. Trans.
Nuttli, Otto W. (1981). "Evaluation of Past Studies..." CUSEPP Rpt. 81-1
Nuttli, Otto W. (1990). "Effects of Earthquakes in the Central U.S." CES SEMO rpt.
O'Leary, Dennis (1977). "Remote Sensing for Lineaments in the Miss. Embaym."
Quinn, J. H. (1961). "Prairie Mounds of Arkansas" –Ark. Archaeol. Soc. Newsletter
Rodbell, Donald T. (1996). "...Fluvial Terrace Deposits in NW Tenn." [Obion River]
Royall, P. D. et al. (1991). "Late Quaternary Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments of the Central
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Mississippi Alluvial Valley"Geol. Soc. Am. Bull.
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Saucier, R. T. (1987). "Geomorph Interpretations of Late Quat. Terraces...W. Tenn."
Saucier, Roger T. (1994). "Geomorph. & Quat. Geologic History of L. Miss. Valley"
Stearns, Richard G. (1979). "Recent Vertical Movement..." NUREG/CR-0874
Stewart, D. & R. Knox (1995). "What is the Maximum Depth Liquefaction Can Occur?"
Street, R. (1982). "A Contribution to the Documentation...." Earthquake Notes
Street, R. & O. Nuttli (1984). "The Central Miss. Valley Earthquakes of 1811-1812"
Thompson, J. & D. Stewart (1992). "Landslides Subsequent to a 4.7 Magnitude..."
Tributsch, H. (1984). "When the Snakes Awake"
Early (pre-20th century, esp. pre-1811) Views of Earthquakes
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Bevis, J. (1757). "The History & Philosophy of Earthquakes from the Remotest..."
Britannica, 3rd edition (1798). "Encyclopaedia...." First American Edition
Clark, Charles E. (1965). "Science, Reason, & an Angry God...Literature of an Eq"
Griswold, Stanley (1813). letters in "The Medical Repository, New Series, I"
Halstead, Murat (1902). "The World on Fire...."
Haywood, John (1823). "The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee...."
Humbolt, Alexander von (1849). "Cosmos" [probably just Volume 1]
Lyell, Sir Charles (1875). "Principles of Geology" 1st (1830) & 12th editions
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1889). "Aspects of the Earth"
Volney, C. F. (1804). "A View of the Soil and Climate of the United States of America"
Williams, Samuel (1794). "The Natural and Civil History of Vermont"
Recent 'Popular' accounts
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American History [no author] (1991). "The Other(?) Missouri Earthquake" v. 25, Jan.
Atkinson, W. (1989). "The Next New Madrid Earthquake: a Survival Guide...."
Bagnall, N. (1996). "On Shaky Ground..." — Univ. of Missouri Press, Columbia
Clark, Blake (1969). "America's Greatest Earthquake" Reader's Digest
Cochran, K.J.H. (1992). "The World Discovered the Region in 1811" Allen Holloman
Curry, Jerome P. (1972). "Bootheel Quakes in 1800s Weren't Nation's Strongest"
Dougan, Michael Bruce (1994). "Arkansas Odyssey: The Saga of Arkansas...."
Fisher, Alfred J. (1935). "When A Great River Flowed Upstream" Missouri Mag.
Hamilton, Robert M. (1980). "Quakes along the Mississippi" Natural History
Platt, Carolyn V. (1993, Sep-Oct). "Nightmare on the Mississippi...." Timeline
Star, Jack (1984). "QUAKE: The Chicago-New Madrid Connection"
The 1811-12 Earthquakes: Descriptions & Effects
Description of Earthquake Features (~Scientific)
1. Christy, D. (1846). "Geology. No. 8"Huntsville Democrat – Reelfoot L./bluffs
2. Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
3. Knox, Ray and David Stewart (1998). "Morphoseismic Features in the NMSZ…"
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Kroll, Harry Harrison (1919-1965). Mississippi Valley Collection Papers
McGee, W. J. (1892). "A Fossil Earthquake"GSA Bulletin
Morse, William C. (1941). "New Madrid Earthquake Craters"
Owen, David Dale (1856). "Report of the Geological Survey of Kentucky, 1854-55"
Owen, David Dale (1858). "...Geological Reconnaissance ...northern Counties of Ark."
Quinn, J. H. (1961). "Prairie Mounds of Arkansas" –Ark. Archaeol. Soc. Newsletter
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Safford, James M. (1869). "Geology of Tennessee"
Safford, James M. (1886). "The Economic & Agricultural Geology of the State of Tenn."
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1869). "Earthquakes of the Western United States"
Shepard, E. M. (1905). "The New Madrid Earthquake"
Stearns, R. G., E. W. Blythe and M. L. Hoyal (1989). "Guidebook of Geology and Related History
of the Chickasaw Bluffs and Mississippi River Valley in West Tenn."
16. Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1992). "Representative Earthq. Features in the NMSZ"
17. Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1995). "The New Madrid Fault Finders Guide"
18. Usher, F. C. (1837). "On the Elevation of the Banks of the Mississippi in 1811"
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D1 descriptions (near field)
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Bedinger, Daniel (1812). "Earthquake on the Mississippi" National Intelligencer
Bradbury, John (1817). "Travels in the Interior of America..." Univ. Microfilms, Inc.
Braunm, Michael (1896). in Smyth-Davis, M., "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
Brooks, Jared, Appendix to H. McMurtrie (1819) "Sketches of Louisville and its Environs" [see also
Casseday, Ben (1852)]
Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
Davis, John (Capt.) (1812). Jan.5, 1812 letter. In Cramer, Z. (1814), p. 305-306.
Dillard, A. N. (1869). D1, in Foster, J.W., "The Miss. Valley, Its Physical Geography"
Dudley, Timothy (1859). "The Earthquake of 1811...." –James Ritchie's account–
"Earthquake, The" (18 Jan. 1812). D1 river account, Western Sun, Cincinnati
Extract (The) (1 Feb 1812). Anonymous New Madrid letter (D1); Lexington Reporter
Fletcher, James (1812). 21 Jan 1812 letter in 14 Feb 1812 Pittsburg Gazette
Foster, __ (Dr.) (1812). "More of the Earthquake" 16 Jan 1812 letter, Farmer's Reposit.
Hildreth, Samuel Prescott, (1842). "American Pioneer"
Holliday, Major Benjamin [eyewitness account in Korn, A. L. B. (1919)]
Korn, Anna Lee Brosius (1919). "Major Benjamin Holliday, 1786-1859"
La Roche, Fermin (1928). "A Sailor's Record of the New Madrid Earthquake"
Lesieur, Godfrey (1871). "Letter to Mr. Hager" in Switzler, Douglas, Campbell, etc.
Mitchill, Samuel L. (1814). "A Detailed Narrative of the Earthquakes..."
Nuttli, Otto W. (1973). "The Miss. Valley Earthquakes ...." with 44-page microfiche
Pierce, William Leigh (1812). "An Account of the Great Earthquakes..."
Shaw, John (1912). "NM Eq.: Account of Colonel John Shaw" Missouri Hist. Review
Shaw, John (1856). "Shaw's Narrative" Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin (full account, pub. 1903)
Smyth-Davis, Mary F. (1896). "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
J1 descriptions (near field)
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Audubon, John James (1897). "Audubon and His Journals" [ed., Marie R. Audubon]
Binkerd, H. D. (1869). "The Mammoth Cave and Its Denizens"
Bringier, Louis (1821). "Notices of the Geology, Mineralogy, Topography...."
Brooks, Jared, Appendix to H. McMurtrie (1819) "Sketches of Louisville and its Environs" [see also
Casseday, Ben (1852)]
Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
Fuller, Myron L. (1905c). "Aububon’s [sic] Account of the New Madrid Earthquake"
Mitchill, Samuel L. (1814). "A Detailed Narrative of the Earthquakes..."
Nuttli, Otto W. (1973). "The Miss. Valley Earthquakes ...." with 44-page microfiche
F1 descriptions (near field)
1. Brooks, Jared, Appendix to H. McMurtrie (1819) "Sketches of Louisville and its Environs" [see also
Casseday, Ben (1852)]
2. Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
3. Hawkins, Jeanne (1963). "The Day the Mississippi Ran Backwards"
13. Judge Humphreys (1812). "Big Earthquake of 1811-12..." Nashville American (1900)
8. McBride, James (1910). "Brief Accounts of Journies in the Western Country..."
9. Mitchill, Samuel L. (1814). "A Detailed Narrative of the Earthquakes..."
20. Nolte, Vincent (1854). "Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres" [F1 eyewitness]
2. Nuttli, Otto W. (1973). "The Miss. Valley Earthquakes ...." with 44-page microfiche
9. Shaler, William (1814). Letter to Mitchill, Samuel L. (1814). 'Patron's F1 account
10. Shaw, John (1912). "NM Eq.: Account of Colonel John Shaw" Missouri Hist. Review
11. Shaw, John (1856). "Shaw's Narrative" Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin (full account, pub. 1903)
9. Speed, Mathias (1812). "From the Bairdstown (Kentucky) Repository"
28. Vertner (Vettner, Verner), John (1812). 4 accounts, earliest 2/29/1812 Lex. Reporter
18. Willey, Susan (1984). "Mississippi Reversed" account of Looe Baker (Natchez)
29. Wiseman, John (n.d.) account of the earthquakes. In "Early History", NM archive
Earthquake Effects—Cumulative
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Agar, W. M., R. F. Flint & C. R. Longwell (1929). "Geology from Original Sources"
Bardstown letter (The) (n.d.). "For the Bards Town Repository" –a citizen of Kentucky
Barrett, Homer A. (1939) "The Great New Madrid Earthquake of 1811" WHMC file
Beck, Lewis Caleb (1823). "Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri"
Benson, Allen L. (1928). "The Story of Geology" –extract in MO Hist. Rev.
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Berry, Daniel (1908). "The Illinois Earthquake of 1811 & 1812"-see also Land, Yearly
Boeson, Victor Hugo (1941). "America's Greatest Earthquake" Coronet
Coffman, J., C. A. von Hake & C. Stover (1982). "Earthquake History of the U.S."
Cramer, Zadok (1812). Jan 23, 1812 letter, Natchez to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Gaz.
Davis, Edwin Adams (1950). "A Northern Sojourner's Remembrances of the Mississ."
Devens, R. M. (1882). "Our First Century or 100 Great and Memorial Events…."
Dillard, A. N. (1869). D1, in Foster, J.W., "The Miss. Valley, Its Physical Geography"
Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri"–reprint, 1961
Dudley, Timothy (1859). "The Earthquake of 1811...." –James Ritchie's account–
Ellis, James F. (1929). "The Influence of Environment on the Settlement of Missouri"
Flint, Timothy (1826). "Recollections of the Last Ten Years"
Fuller, Myron L. (1905b). "Causes and Periods of Earthquakes in the New Madrid ..."
Fuller, Myron L. (1906a). "Our Greatest Earthquakes" —Popular Science Monthly
Fuller, Myron L. (1906b). "Earthquakes and the Forest"
Fuller, Myron L. (1906c). "Comparative Intensities of the New Madrid, Charleston,...""
Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
Griswold, Stanley (1813). letters in "The Medical Repository, New Series, I"
Halstead, Murat (1902). "The World on Fire...."
Haywood, John (1823). "The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee...."
Houck, Louis (1908). "A History of Missouri ...." –up to statehood
Howe, Henry (1851). "Historical Collections of the Great West"
Humphreys [Judge] (1812). "Big Earthquake of 1811-12..." Nashville American (1900)
LeSieur, F. V. (Col.) ["A Creole"] (1893). "Early History...." from the NM Archive, MHS
Legan, Marshall S. (1976). "Popular Reactions to the New Madrid Earthquakes..."
Linn, Lewis F. (1837). letter in Wetmore, A. "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri"
Lloyd, James T. (1856). "Lloyd's Steamboat Directory & Disasters on the Western..."
Lyell, Sir Charles (1849). "A Second Visit to the United States..."
Lyell, Sir Charles (1875). "Principles of Geology" 12th ed., v1/p.452-53; v2/p.106-110
McDaniel, Samuel M. (1910) "Journals and Diaries" eyewitness, but cannot use
McRaven, William Henry (1967). "Tennessee Prodigies"
Montessus de Ballore, F. de (1924). "Géologie Sismologique" pp. 16-33.
Moore, Edith Wyatt (1958). "Natchez Under-the-Hill"
Mosely, William S. (1850). "New Madrid, Missouri" Western Journal
Mueller, Myrl Rhine (1990). "Lost in the Annals. History & Legend of the NM Eq."
Musick, John R. (1897). "Stories of Missouri"[mainly a rehash of Flint]
Nelson, Wilbur A. (1924). "Reelfoot—An Earthquake Lake"
Platt, Carolyn V. (1993, Sep-Oct). "Nightmare on the Mississippi...." Timeline
Ravenswaay, Charles van (1841-1990). papers, Coll. #3873, West. His. Ms. Coll.
Richter, Charles F. (1958). "Elementary Seismology" NM pages, 593-594
Ritchie, James (1859). informant to T. Dudley, Annual Rpt, Smithonian, 1858
Ross, Margaret (1968), "The New Madrid Earthquake" Ark. Hist. Quarterly
Sampson, F. A. (1913). "The New Madrid and Other Earthquakes in Missouri"
Sanford, Charles L. (ed.) (1964). "Quest for America, 1810-1824"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1869). "Earthquakes of the Western United States"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1885). "Kentucky"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1889). "Aspects of the Earth"
Spears, Raymond (1910). "The New Madrid Earthquake Country" Americana
Trousdale, Leon (1875). "Annual Address...." [eyewitness (G): Catharine Whittier]
Van Every, Dale (1964). "The Final Challenge, The American Frontier, 1804-1845"
Van Tramp, John C. (1866). "Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures..."
Viitanen, Wayne (1973a). "Folklore and Fakelore of an Earthquake"
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57. Viitanen, Wayne (1973b). "The Winter the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Early Kentuckians Report the
New Madrid, Missouri, Earthquake of 1811-1812"
58. Webb, Joseph (1936). "A Reminder of the Earthquake of 1811" [letter to De Witt Clinton]
59. Wetmore, Alphonso (1837). "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri" [has Lewis Linn]
General Compilations
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The Bardstown (Bairdstown) Repository (1811-1812). original source newspaper
Broadhead, G. C. (1902). "The New Madrid Earthquake" –Amer. Geologist
Casseday, Ben (1852). "History of Louisville from Earliest Settlement until…1852"
Coffman, J., C. A. von Hake & C. Stover (1982). "Earthquake History of the U.S."
Daughters of the American Revolution (n.d.) "New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-12, compiled
from the New Madrid archive in New Madrid county courthouse"
Dean, Gilbert (1936). "Stories of the Great Quake" —Nashville Banner, 1936—
Dean, Lewis, S. (1994). "Tecumseh's Prophecy: The...New Madrid Eqs. in Alabama"
Griswold, Stanley (1813). letters in "The Medical Repository, New Series, I"
Joint Collection (Street & Nuttli, 1984). "Accounts of the 1811-1812 earthquakes..."
Krinitzsky, Ellis L. (1950). "Geological Investigation of Faulting in Lower Miss. Valley"
Logsdon, D. (1990). "I Was There! in the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12"
Mitchill, Samuel L. (1814). "A Detailed Narrative of the Earthquakes..."
Newspapers (1811 – ). listed in the NM Effects by State/Town notebooks
Nuttli, Otto W. (1973). "The Miss. Valley Earthquakes ...." with 44-page microfiche
Smith, Robert (1812). "An Account of the Earthquake which Occurred in the United States, North
America, on the 16th December, 1811, the 23rd of January, and the 7th of February, 1812"
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1993). "The Earthquake that Never Went Away"
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1995). "The Earthquake America Forgot"
Street, R. (1982). "A Contribution to the Documentation...." Earthquake Notes
Far Field: Indexed by state & town/county
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Audubon, John James (1897).
Berry, Daniel (1908). -see also Land, YearlyWhite County, SE IL
Binkerd, H. D. (1869).
Bower, J. (1961). D1 report in Posey, W. B.
Brooks, Jared, Appendix to H. McMurtrie (1819)Louisville KY
Brown, S. (1906).Kaskaskia IL
Brown, William (1930). in Pusey, William A.
Callaway PSAR (1974).
Collins, Lewis (1848)Louisville KY
Cramer, Zadok (1812). Natchez MS
Crist, George Heinrich (1738– ). Crist Family Diary [D1,J1,F1, near Louisville KY]
Drake, Daniel (1815). Cincinnati OH
Eades, Harvey l. (1870).
Edwards, John Clark (1/29 & 2/26 1812). (Penn. Gazette) Western NC
Flagg, ( ). Cape Girardeau MO
Irving, Washington (1817). "Tour in Scotland…Other…Notes"Columbia SC (?)
James, Edwin (1823).
Lloyd, J. T. (? author uncert.) (1812).
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Louisiana Gazette, St. Louis (21 Dec. 1811).St. Louis MO
Madison, James (1812). Washington DC
Mansfield, J. M. (1812).Cincinnati OH
McDermott, J. F. (1949).
McLoughlin, William G. ( n. d. ) Springplace GA
McRaven, H. (1949). Nashville TN
McRaven, William Henry (1967). (also McRaven, 1949)
Mooney, James (1972) "Myths of the Cherokee..."
Pearce, Helen Baker (1958). Hopkins County KY
Posey, Walter Brownlow (1957).
Purcell, Martha G. (1969).Smithland, Livingston Cty KY
Pusey, William Allen (1930). see Brown, William
Rankin, John (1837).
Reynolds, John (1852).
Reynolds, John (1855). Cahokia IL
Ross, James (1882). Clarksville TN
Sargent, Winthrop (1815).Natchez MS
Sellers, Samuel (1886). Union County KY
Smith, Edward D. (1818). Water wells inColumbia SC
Sweet, William Warren (1936).
Walker, Adam (1816). Vincennes IN
White, Edgar (1925). [Duck River Gibson]
Willey, Susan (1984). Natchez MS
Williams, S. C. (1930)-Andrew JacksonNashville TN
The Mississippi River
Rivers in General: Fluvial Geomorphology
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Leopold, Luna B. & W. B. Langbein (1966). "River Meanders" Scientific American
Matthes, G. H. (1951). "Paradoxes of the Mississippi" Scientific American
Schumn, Stanley A. (1977). "The Fluvial System"
Schumn, Stanley A. (1984). "Alluvial River Response to Active Tectonics"
Mississippi River—physical description
21. Anthony, Allen (1987). "River at the Door"
22. Autin, Whitney J. et al. (1991). "Quaternary Geology of the Lower Mississippi Valley"
23. Bernard, S. & J. S. Totten (1824?). "Report of the Board of Engineers on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers" House Ex. Doc. 35, 17 Congr.
24. Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River"
25. Conclin, George (1850; 1855). "Conclin’s New River Guide; or A Gazetteer…"
26. Cramer, Zadok (1814). "The Navigator" [8th edition; representing edit. 1-12]
27. Elliot, D. O. (1932). "Improvement of Lower Mississippi River..." –3 vols., plus ~5 maps
28. Fischer, Karin J. & Schumm, S. A. (1993). "Geomorphic Evidence of Deformation..."
29. Fisk, Harold N. (1944). "Geological Investigations of the Alluvial Valley..."
30. Flint, Timothy (1828). "The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley"
31. House Executive Document 35 (1821). Report to Congress on the Ohio & Miss. Rivs.
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Humphreys, A. A. & H. L. Abbot (1861). "...Physics & Hydraulics of the Miss. River"
Leahy, Ethel C. (1931). "Who's Who on the Ohio River..." –includes Crammer's 8th
Matthes, G. H. (1951). "Paradoxes of the Mississippi" Scientific American
Mississippi River Commission (1938). "Lower Mississippi River Early Stream Channels at
Approximate Half-Century Intervals"
Nuttal, Thomas (1821). "A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory..."
Reps, John W. (1994). "Cities of the Mississippi" (portfilio of 19th century paintings)
Ross, (Captain) Charles (1847). "The Earthquake of 1811 at New Madrid..."
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Saucier, Roger T. (1994). "Geomorph. & Quat. Geologic History of L. Miss. Valley"
Schumn, Stanley A. (1984). "Alluvial River Response to Active Tectonics"
Suter, Charles R. (1878). "Report to the Sec. of War, House of Rep., 45th Congress"
Walters, W. H. (1975). "Regime Changes of the Lower Mississippi River" ms thesis
Mississippi River—river traffic & people
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Allen, Michael (1990). "Western Rivermen, 1763-1861...."
Ambler, Charles Henry (1932). "A History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley"
Baldwin, Leland D. (1941). "The Keelboat Age on Western Waters"
Banta, Richard (1949). "The Ohio"
Bowman, James Cloyd (1957). "Mike Fink, Snapping Turtle of the O-hi-o-o...."
Davis, William C. (1995). "A Way through the Wilderness"
Evans, Estwick (1819). "A Pedestrious Tour, of 4000 miles, .... the Western States..."
Federal Writers Project (1941). "Ship Registers & Enrollments...N.O.," V. 1, 1804-20
Gould, Emerson W. (1889). "Fifty Years on the Mississippi...."
Habermehl, John (1901). "Life on the Western Waters"
Havighurst, Walter (1964). "Voices on the River"
Hunter, Louis C. (1949). "Steamboats on the Western Rivers"
Lloyd, James T. (1856). "Lloyd's Steamboat Directory & Disasters on the Western..."
Matthias, Virginia Park (1945). "Natchez-under-the-Hill as It Developed…."
Mississippi River—Exploration and Early History (1541-1800)
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Bossu, Jean-Bernard (1962). "Travels in the Interior of North America, 1751-1762"
Davis, Edwin Adams (1950). "A Northern Sojourner's Remembrances of the Mississ."
Delanglez, Jean (1943). "The Sources of the Delisle Map of America, 1703"
D'Iberville, Pierre Le Moyen (1981). "Iberville's Gulf Journals" –[1699-1702]
Dickinson, Samuel D. (1984). "Lake Mitchegamas and the St. Francis"
Hennepin, Louis (1683 Fr.; 1698 Eng.). "Description de la Louisiane…."
Hutchins, Thomas (1778). "...Description of Virginia, Penn., Maryland & N. Carolina..."
Hutchins, Thomas (1784). "...Description of Louisiana and West-Florida...."
Joutel, Henri (1714), edited by Cox, Isaac J. (1922). Vol II: La Salle's last voyage
Joutel, Henri (1714), ed. by Stiles, Henry R.. (1922). "Journal of the Last Voyage..."
Le Sueur, Pierre-Charles (1694-1722). "Mémoires de Mr. Le Sueur" ASH, Paris
Library of Congress (1764). "Journal…Proceedings of 22nd Regiment up MR in 1764"
McWilliams, Richebourg Gaillard (1953). "Fleur d’Lys & Calumet…" Pénicault Narrative
Pittman, Capt. Philip (1770) [J. McDermott, ed. (1977)]. "The Present State[1765] of the European
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Settlements on the Mississippi River..."
15. Pittman, Capt. Philip (1770) [R. Rea, ed. (1973)]. "The Present State of the [1765] European
Settlements on the Mississippi River..."
16. Robins, Ruby Matson (?pre-1980). "Ownership of Land…France, Spain, U.S."
17. Swanton, John R. (1939). "Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Comm."
18. Williams, Samuel Cole (1928). "Early Travels in the Tennessee Country, 1540–1800"
Mississippi Valley (physical geography)
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Beck, Lewis Caleb (1823). "Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri"
Blythe, Ernie et al. (1981). "Earthquakes & Related Features of the Miss, River Valley"
Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1814). "Views of Louisiana..." — visited NM in 1810
Bradbury, John (1817). "Travels in the Interior of America..." Univ. Microfilms, Inc.
Darby, William (1816). "A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana…"
Darby, William (1833). "A New Gazetteer of the United States of America…"
Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri"–reprint, 1961
Fisk, Harold N. (1944). "Geological Investigations of the Alluvial Valley..."
Flint, Timothy (1826). "Recollections of the Last Ten Years"
Flint, Timothy (1828). "The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley"
Foster, John Wells (1869). "The Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography" also see Dillard, A. N.
(D1 descriptions)
Halliburton, William Henry (1903). "…Topographical…History…Arkansas County…"
Houck, Louis (1908). "A History of Missouri ...." –up to statehood
Hutchins, Thomas (1778). "...Description of Virginia, Penn., Maryland & N. Carolina..."
Hutchins, Thomas (1784). "...Description of Louisiana and West-Florida...."
Leahy, Ethel C. (1931). "Who's Who on the Ohio River..." –includes Crammer's 8th
Lewis, Henry (1967). "The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated"
Marbut, C. F. (1902). "..Evolution of the Northern Part...Lowlands of SE Missouri"
Melish, John (1826). "A Geographical Description of the United States"
Morse, D. A. & P. A. Morse (1983). "Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley"
O’Sullivan & Morley (1854). "The Swamp Lands of SE Missouri" Iron Mnt. R-road
Royall, P. D. et al. (1991). "Late Quaternary Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments of the Central
Mississippi Alluvial Valley"Geol. Soc. Am. Bull.
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Safford, James M. (1886). "The Economic & Agricultural Geology... State of Tenn."
Saucier, R. T. (1987). "Geomorph Interpretations of Late Quat. Terraces...W. Tenn."
Saucier, Roger T. (1994). "Geomorph. & Quat. Geologic History of L. Miss. Valley"
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1821). "A Journal of a Tour....Missouri and Arkansas"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1885). "Kentucky"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1887). "Notes on the Bald Cypress"
Shepard, E. M. (1905). "The New Madrid Earthquake"
Shrum, Edison E. (1989). "The Real New Madrid Earthquakes"
Stearns, R. G., E. W. Blythe and M. L. Hoyal (1989). "Guidebook of Geology and Related History
of the Chickasaw Bluffs and Miss. River Valley..."
Stoddard, Amos (1812). "Sketches, Historical & Descriptive, of Louisiana"
Van Tramp, John C. (1866). "Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures..."
Wetmore, Alphonso (1837). "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri" [has Lewis Linn]
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Mississippi River—steamboat 'New Orleans'
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Ambler, Charles Henry (1932). "A History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley"
Dohan, Margaret H. (1981). "Mr. Roosevelt's Steamboat...."
Dunbar, Seymour (1915). "A History of Travel in America" – 4 volumes
Federal Writers Project (1941). "Ship Registers & Enrollments...N.O.," V. 1, 1804-20
Habermehl, John (1901). "Life on the Western Waters"
Hunter, Louis C. (1949). "Steamboats on the Western Rivers"
Latrobe, Charles Joseph (1835). "The Rambler in North America"
Latrobe, J. H. B. (1871). "The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters"
Lloyd, James T. (1856). "Lloyd's Steamboat Directory & Disasters on the Western..."
Maryland Historical Society (1867). "Fund Publication" —re, s-boat New Oreleans
Preble, George H. (1883). "History of Steam Navigation"
Roosevelt, Nicholas (ca 1810). –report to Fulton on 1809 reconnaissance voyage
Sanford, Charles L. (ed.) (1964). "Quest for America, 1810-1824"
Mississippi River—Island No. 10
1. Daniel, Larry J. & Lynn N. Bock (1996). "Island No. 10" The Struggle for the..."
2. Ross, Capt. Charles (1846). "Legend of the Memorable Earthquake of 1811"
3. Stearns, Richard G. (1992). "The Civil War Battle of Island No. 10" TN Acad. Sci. J.
Reelfoot Lake and the Eastern Bluffs
Reelfoot — general description
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Alexander, T. H. (1923). "Reelfoot Lake" "Nashville Tennessean" Sept 16, 1923
Bartholomew, David (1996). "Earthquake Preserved Native American History"
Blythe, E. W., W. T. McCutchen & R. G. Stearns (1975). "Geology of Reelfoot Lake.."
Blythe, Ernie et al. (1981). "Earthquakes & Related Features of the Miss. River Valley"
Botkin, B. A., ed. (1955). "The Great Shake" in A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore
Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
Christy, D. (1846). "Geology. No. 8"Huntsville Democrat – Reelfoot L./bluffs
Dickson, Bruce D. & L.J. Campbell (1979). "Reelfoot & L. Isom Nat Wildlife Refuges"
Donaldson, R. C. (1956). "Editor of Unpubl. Diaries of Council Peacock & M. Griffith"
Federal Writer's Project (1939). "Tennessee: A Guide to the State"
Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
Glass, P. T. (1900). "Sketch of Henry Rutherford"(info on early surveys)
Glenn, L. C. (1933). "The Geography & Geology of Reelfoot Lake" Tn Acad. Science
Hazard, James O. (1933). "The Trees of the Reelfoot Lake Region" Tn Acad. Science
Humphreys, Cecil C. (1960). "..Formation of Reelfoot Lake...Consequent..Problems"
Leonard, Lexie (1991). "Reelfoot Lake Treasures"
LeSieur, F. V. (Col.) ["A Creole"] (1893). "Early History...." from the NM Archive, MHS
Marshall, Edwin Hill (1941). "History of Obion County"
McGee, W. J. (1892). "A Fossil Earthquake"GSA Bulletin
Nelson, Wilbur A. (1924). "Reelfoot—An Earthquake Lake"
Owen, David Dale (1856). "Report of the Geological Survey of Kentucky, 1854-55"
Purcell, Martha G. (1929). "Birth of Reelfoot Lake" –book, ref. by Vanderwood (1969)
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Purcell, Martha G. (1969). "Great Convulsions of Mother Earth….Formed Reelfoot Lake"
Ross, (Captain) Charles (1847). "The Earthquake of 1811 at New Madrid..."
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Sadler, Christine (1933). "Earthquake in 1811 Cause of Its Formation"–Nash.Banner
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1869). "Earthquakes of the Western United States"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1887). "Notes on the Bald Cypress"
Shelford, Victor E. (1963). "The Ecology of North America"
Snook, Sidney (1953). "Reelfoot—a Strange Spot" American Forests
Spears, Raymond (1910). "The New Madrid Earthquake Country" Americana
Stearns, R. G., E. W. Blythe and M. L. Hoyal (1989). "Guidebook of Geology and Related History
of the Chickasaw Bluffs and Mississippi River Valley...."
33. Usher, F. C. (1837). "On the Elevation of the Banks of the Mississippi in 1811"
34. Walker, Paul E. (1929). "Illustrated History of Reelfoot Lake"
35. Williams, John S. (1873). "Old Times in West Tennessee..." [eyewitness, Pierre Nichol]
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30. Botkin, Benjamin Albert, ed. (1955). "The Legend of Reelfoot Lake", in A Treasury of Mississippi
River Folklore.
31. Creason, Joe (1971) "Indians' Reelfoot Legend Quakes with Hot Romance"
32. Donaldson, R. C. (1947). "Dawn of Reelfoot" debunks it in Lake County Banner
33. Federal Writer's Project (1939). "Tennessee: A Guide to the State"
34. Mayfield, George R. (1950). "Reelfoot Lake, the Problem Child of Tennessee"
35. Pearce, Helen Baker (1958). "Early History of Hopkins County"
36. Platt, Carolyn V. (1993, Sep-Oct). "Nightmare on the Mississippi...." Timeline
37. Purcell, Martha G. (1969). "Great Convulsions of Mother Earth….Formed Reelfoot Lake"
38. Sadler, Christine (1933). "Earthquake in 1811 Cause of Its Formation"–Nash. Banner
39. Stringfield, Wilhelmine F. (1969). "The Legend of Reelfoot Lake"—a poem
40. Viitanen, Wayne (1973a). "Folklore and Fakelore of an Earthquake"
41. Walker, Paul E. (1929). "Illustrated History of Reelfoot Lake"
Reelfoot — History
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Alexander, T. H. (1923). "Reelfoot Lake" "Nashville Tennessean" Sept 16, 1923
Donaldson, R. C. (1947). "Dawn of Reelfoot" Lake County Bygones, Lake County Banner
Federal Writer's Project (1939). "Tennessee: A Guide to the State"
Humphreys, Cecil C. (1938). The History of the Reelfoot Lake Region" maters thesis
Humphreys, Cecil C. (1960). "..Formation of Reelfoot Lake...Consequent..Problems"
Leonard, Lexie (1991). "Reelfoot Lake Treasures"
Lowe, Walter Edgar (1930). "History of Reelfoot Lake" –unpubl. masters thesis
Mayfield, George R. (1950). "Reelfoot Lake, the Problem Child of Tennessee"
McGill, J. T. & W. W. Craig (1933). "The Ownership of Reelfoot Lake"
Ross, Capt. Charles (1846). "Legend of the Memorable Earthquake of 1811"
Schuman, Marguerite (1985). "The First State University, A Walking Tour"
Vanderwood, Paul J. (1969). "Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake"
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Lake Obion and the Chickasaw Bluffs
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Anderson, David G. (1987). "Archaeological Survey along the Obion River"
Ashley, G. H. (1910). "Drainage Problems in Western Tennessee"
Bowen, Brian (1996). "Natural Areas Turn 25—Sunk Lake"
Culp, Frederick M. & R. E Ross (1961). "Gibson County Past and Present"
Mainfort, Robert C., Jr. (1994). "Archaeological Investigations…Obion River Drainage"
Morse, William C. (1941). "New Madrid Earthquake Craters"
Shankman, D. & S.A. Sampson (1991). "Channelization Effects on Obion R. Flooding"
Shelford, Victor E. (1963). "The Ecology of North America"
Tenn. State Planning Comm. (1936). "Obion River & Forked Deer River Watersheds"
Topography & Drainage
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Adams, R. M. & W. M. Walker (1942). "Archaeological Surface Survey of NM County"
Bates, George A. (1880). "Archaeological Remains in Southeastern Missouri"
Beck, Lewis Caleb (1823). "Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri"
Big Lake Shooting Club (1903-05). "Fite et al.-vs-Harrison et al.", US Circuit Court
Bissell, J. W. (1884). "Sawing out the Channel Above Island Number Ten"
Braunm, Michael (1896). in Smyth-Davis, M., "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
Bryan, Eliza (1816 & 1826). Letters to Lorenzo Dow in 1816 and 1826
Carter, Clarence Edwin, ed. (1949). "Territorial Papers of the United States", v. XIV, XV
Chapman, C. H. & L. O. Anderson (1955). "The Campbell Site..."
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Croswell, C. (1878). "Mound Explorations in Southeastern Missouri"
Dickinson, Samuel D. (1984). "Lake Mitchegamas and the St. Francis"
Dillard, A. N. (1869). D1, in Foster, J.W., "The Miss. Valley, Its Physical Geography"
Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri"–reprint, 1961
Dudley, Timothy (1859). "The Earthquake of 1811...." –James Ritchie's account–
Dunklin County (1895). "Dunklin County-Missouri-Scenery-Animals-etc" WHMC
Engelmann, George (1929). "George Engelmann: Man of Science" [1837]
Ellis, James F. (1929). "The Influence of Environment on the Settlement of Missouri"
Fischer, Karin J. & Schumm, S. A. (1993). "Geomorphic Evidence of Deformation..."
Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
Glenn, L. C. (1906). Underground Waters of Tennessee and Kentucky...."
Graham, Richard (papers) (~1825). MO Hist. Soc.–Indian agent R. Graham’s papers
Humphreys, A. A. & H. L. Abbot (1861). "...Physics & Hydraulics of the Miss. River"
Kochtitzky, Otto (1931). "The Story of a Busy Life" —Ramfre Press
LeSieur, F. V. (Col.) ["A Creole"] (1893). "Early History...." from the NM Archive, MHS
Lesieur, Godfrey (1871). "Letter to Mr. Hager" in Switzler, Douglas, Campbell, etc.
Linn, Lewis F. (1837). letter in Wetmore, A. "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri"
Lyell, Sir Charles (1849). "A Second Visit to the United States..."
Marbut, C. F. (1902). "..Evolution of the Northern Part...Lowlands of SE Missouri"
Melish, John (1815). "A Military & Topographic Atlas of the United States…"
Morse, D. A. & P. A. Morse (1983). "Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley"
O'Brien, Michael J. (1994). "Cat Monsters & Head Pots" archaeology/Pemiscot Bayou
O’Sullivan & Morley (1854). "The Swamp Lands of SE Missouri" Iron Mnt. R-road
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Rector, William (1821). Letter to Josiah Meigs, in Carter's Territorial Papers..., v. 15
Ritchie, James (1859). informant to T. Dudley, Annual Rpt, Smithonian, 1858
Rozier, Firmin A. (1890). "Rozier's History of the Early Settlement of the Miss. Valley"
Russ, David (1982). "Style & Significance of Surface Deformation in the Vicinity..."
Rutherford, Henry & James Robertson (1785). Survey field notes in West Tenn.
Saucier, Roger T. (1990). "Towosahgy State Historic Site & Its Physical Environment"
Shepard, E. M. (1905). "The New Madrid Earthquake"
Shrum, Edison E. (1989). "The Real New Madrid Earthquakes"
Silliman, B. (1829). "...extract from the travel of Mr. Flint" — v.15 AJSA, cited by Lyell
Smyth-Davis, Mary F. (1896). "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
Stearns, Richard G. (1979). "Recent Vertical Movement..." NUREG/CR-0874
Steckel, Phyllis J. (1992). SEMO Master's thesis—Big ditch profile in LRDD
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1992). "Representative Earthq. Features in the NMSZ"
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1993). "The Earthquake that Never Went Away"
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1995). "The New Madrid Fault Finders Guide"
Stoddard, Amos (1812). "Sketches, Historical & Descriptive, of Louisiana"
Switzler, W. F. (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri from 1541 to 1877"
Walker, W. M. & R. M. Adams (1946). "Excavations in the Matthews Site, New Madrid..."
Primarily: Drainage and Soil
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Bowen, Brian (1996). "Natural Areas Turn 25—Sunk Lake"
Clark, Merriweather Lewis (1851). Letter to U.S. Geologist on SE Missouri drainage
U.S. Dept. Agriculture (1971). "Soil Survey Pemiscot County, Missouri"
U.S. Dept. Agriculture (1973). "Soil Survey of Obion County, Tennessee"
U.S. Dept. Agriculture (1977). "Soil Survey of New Madrid County, Missouri"
Primarily Topography/Drainage Changes
1. Guion, W. B. (1850). "Swamp Lands in Missouri and Arkansas" Report No. 108
2. Swanton, John R. (1939). "Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Comm."
Drainage District Projects — Arkansas & Missouri
3. Collins, C. E. (1922). "Arkansas, 'Wonder State", Acclaims 170,000-Acre Project"
4. Morgan, A. E. & O. G. Baxter (1911). "Report on the St. Francis Drainage Project"
5. Ogilvie, Leon Parker ( ). "Governmental Efforts at Reclamation in the SE Lowlands"
History, Religion, Recovery
History — general
1. Balesi, C. J. (1992). "The Time of the French in the Heart of N. Amer. (1673-1818)"
2. Carter, Clarence Edwin, ed. (1949). "Territorial Papers of the United States", v. XIV, XV
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Delanglez, Jean (1935). "The French Jesuits in Lower Louisiana (1700-1735)"
Drake, Daniel (1815). "Natural and Statistical View or Picture of Cincinnati"
Eckert, Allan W. (1967). "The Frontiersmen" 1755-1836 Tecumseh & S. Kenton
Goodwin, Cardinal L. (1919). "Early Explorations & Settlements...Missouri & Arkansas"
Hildreth, Samuel Prescott (1848). "Pioneer History" Ohio River valley & NW Terr.
Howe, Henry (1851). "Historical Collections of the Great West"
Hunt, Gaillard, ed. (1904). "The Writings of James Madison"
McMurtrie, Henry (1819). "Sketches of Louisville..." —has Jared Brooks appendix
Perkins, James H. (1846). "Annals of the West" [contains Hildreth account]
Perrin, W. H., J. H. Battle & G. C. Kniffen (1886). "Kentucky. A History of the State..."
Reps, John (1969). "Town Planning in Frontier America" —not useful—
Rozier, Firmin A. (1890). "Rozier's History of the Early Settlement of the Miss. Valley"
Sanford, Charles L. (ed.) (1964). "Quest for America, 1810-1824"
Snyder, G. S. (1970). "In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark" National Geographic
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1995). "The Earthquake that America Forgot"
Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1904). "Early Western Travels...."
Turner, W. (1990). "The War of 1812: The War that Both Sides Won"
Van Every, Dale (1964). "The Final Challenge, The American Frontier, 1804-1845"
Van Tramp, John C. (1866). "Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures..."
Williams, John S. (1842-43). "American Pioneer…."
History — Arkansas
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Coleman, Roger E. (1987). "The Arkansas Post Story"
Edrington, Mable Flannigan (1962). "History of Mississippi County, Arkansas"
Halliburton, William Henry (1903). "…Topographical…History…Arkansas County…"
Holder, Virgil H. (1968). "Historical Geography of the Lower White River"
Holweck, (Father) — (n.d.). "The Arkansas Mission under Rosati" STL Cath. Hist Rev.
Marshall, Thomas Maitland (1926). "The Life and Papers of Frederick Bates"
Rafferty, Milton D. (1996). "Rude Pursuits & Rugged Peaks: Scoolcraft’s Ozark Jour."
White, Lonnie J. (?pre-1980). "Dividing Missouri: The Creation of Arkansas Territory"
History — Kentucky
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Casseday, Ben (1852). "History of Louisville from Earliest Settlement until…1852"
Collins, Lewis (1848). "Historical Sketches of Kentucky"
Purcell, Martha Grassham (c 1915). "Stories of Old Kentucky"
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1885). "Kentucky"
History — Mississippi
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Claiborne, John F. H. (1880). "Mississippi as a Province, Territory and State"
Claiborne, William C. C. (1917). "Official Letter Books, 1801-1816"
Daniels, Jonathan W. (1962). "The Devil’s Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace"
Davis, William C. (1995). "A Way through the Wilderness"
Matthias, Virginia Park (1945). "Natchez-under-the-Hill as It Developed…."
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6. Moore, Edith Wyatt (1958). "Natchez Under-the-Hill"
History — West Tennessee
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Crockett, David (1834). "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett..."
Culp, Frederick M. & R. E Ross (1961). "Gibson County Past and Present"
Donaldson, R. C. (1934-60). "The R. C. Donaldson Papers, 1934-1960" MVC
Donaldson, R. C. (1956). "Editor of Unpubl. Diaries of Council Peacock & M. Griffith"
Glass, P. T. (1900). "Sketch of Henry Rutherford"(info on early surveys)
Goodspeed Publishing Co. (1887). "History of Tennessee from Earliest Times..."
Lyman Draper Collection (——). papers of Lyman Draper, 1815-1891
Magness, Perre (n.d.) "Past Times" —selected columns from Commercial Appeal
Marshall, Edwin Hill (1941). "History of Obion County"
Morris, Eastin (1834). "Tennessee Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary"
Nash, Charles H. (1960). "The Human Continuum of Shelby County, Tennessee"
Reps, John W. (1994). "Cities of the Mississippi" (folio, 19th cent. paintings-Memphis)
Roper, James E. (1970). "The Founding of Memphis, 1818-1820"
Roper, James E. (1971). "The Earliest Pictures of Memphis: Charles Lesueur..."
Roper, James E. (1980). "Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas: Where was it, Exactly?"
Vaughan, Virginia C. (1983). "Tennessee County History Series: Weakley County"
Wells, Ann Harwell (1976). "Early Maps of Tennessee, 1794-1799"
Williams, Joseph S. (1873). "Old Times in West Tennessee..." [eyewitn., Pierre Nichol]
Williams, Samuel Cole (1930). "Beginnings of West Tenn....Land of the Chickasaw"
History — Illinois
1. Brown, S. (1906). "Old Kaskaskia Days and Ways" — Kaskaskia, IL
History — Missouri
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Beck, Lewis Caleb (1823). "Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri"
Boyd, J. N. (1878). "History of Livingston County, Missouri"
Bryan, Wm. S. & Robert Rose (1876). "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri"
Campbell, Robert A. (ed.) (1874). "Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri...."
Carr, Lucien (1888). "American Commonwealths; Missouri, a Bone of Contention"
Dames & Moore ( ). PSAR for the Callaway County, MO, Nuclear Power Plant
Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri"–reprint, 1961
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Garrett, Jasamyn (1961, "Bountiful Bootheel Borning" [in verse]
Gilbert, Joan (1996). "The Trail of Tears across Missouri"
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Goodwin, Cardinal L. (1919). "Early Explorations & Settlements...Missouri & Arkansas"
Holcombe, R. K. (1979). "History of Marion County (reprint of 1884 edition)
Houck, Louis (1908). "A History of Missouri from the Earliest Exploration...."
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Houck, Louis (1909). "The Spanish Régimé in Missouri"
"Hunt's Minutes" (1825) Spanish land grant claims comm. recorder Theodore Hunt
Litz, Arthur (1967). "Spanish Land Grants and New Madrid Certificate Problems in Mo."
McReynolds, __ (1962). "Missouri: A History of the Crossroads State"
Miller, Miss Hunter (1948). "Historical New Madrid County: Mother of SE Missouri"
Musick, John R. (1897). "Stories of Missouri"[mainly a rehash of Flint]
Pemiscot County (~1936). "Historical Sketch of Pemiscot County" WHMC file
Penick, James Lal (1981). "The New Madrid Earthquakes" –also a 1976 edition
Powell, B. F. (1975). "History of Mississippi County, Missouri, Beginning thru 1972"
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Rafferty, Milton D. (1996). "Rude Pursuits & Rugged Peaks: Scoolcraft’s Ozark Jour."
Ramsey, Robert L. (1952). "Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names"
Robins, Ruby Matson (?pre-1980). "Ownership of Land…France, Spain, U.S."
Shoemaker, Floyd C. (ed.) (1943). "Missouri and Missourians…"
Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1955). "New Madrid, Mother of Southeast Missouri"
Shrum, E. E. & M. Mates (1980). "The Slaves & Slave Owners of Cape Girardeau Cty."
Smyth-Davis, Mary F. (1896). "History of Dunklin County, Missouri"
Switzler, W. F. (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri from 1541 to 1877"
Thilenius, J. E. et al. (1975). "Biography of Historic Cape Girardeau County"
Trexler, Harrison A. (1938). "Missouri in the Old Geographies" MO Hist. Rev.
Viles, Jonas (1908). on the Archives of Missouri, Ann. Rpt. Amer. Hist. Assn.
Viles, Jonas (1910-1911). "Population & Extent of Settlement in Missouri before 1804"
White, Lonnie J. (?pre-1980). "Dividing Missouri: The Creation of Arkansas Territory"
Williams, & Shoemaker, F. C. (1930). "Missouri, Mother of the West" 5 vols.
Wood, W. Raymond (1982). "William Clark’s Mapping in Missouri, 1803-1804" MHR
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History — recovery
1. Bardstown letter (The) (n.d.). "For the Bards Town Repository" –a citizen of Kentucky
2. Bernard, S. & J. S. Totten (1824?). "Report of the Board of Engineers on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers" House Ex. Doc. 35, 17 Congr.
3. Bolles, Gen. John A. (1871). "Earthquake Law," Harper's New Monthly Magazine
4. Cheves, Landon & John Gaillard (1815). "An Act for the Relief..." orig. congress. bill
5. Clark, William (1814, Jan. 12). Pamplet of letter requesting aid because of NM eqs.
6. Litz, Arthur (1967). "Spanish Land Grants and New Madrid Certificate Problems in Mo."
7. "Missouriana" (1937). Missouri Historical Review, v. 31, p. 200.
8. Parks, E. Taylor (July 1962). "Foreign Aid—150 Years Ago" Caracas earthquake aid
9. Rector, William (1821). Letter to Josiah Meigs, in Carter's Territorial Papers..., v. 15
10. Scott, John (1815?). Letter to Josiah Meigs, in Carter's Territorial Papers..., v. 15
11. Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1955). "New Madrid, Mother of Southeast Missouri"
12. U.S. Statutes at Large (1815). "An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of the Late County of New
Madrid, in the Missouri Territory Who Suffered by Earthquakes"
13. Watson, Robert Goah (1855). "Memoir" [Douglas] & "Early New Madrid History" [WHMC]
14. Webb, Joseph (1936). "A Reminder of the Earthquake of 1811" [letter to De Witt Clinton]
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Crockett, David (1834). "Narrative of the Life of David Crockett..."
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Herrick, F. N. (1917). "Audubon – The Naturalist"
James, James Alton (1928). "The Life of George Rogers Clark"
Kirkpatrick, J. E. (1911). "Timothy Flint, Pioneer, Missionary, Author, Editor...."
Marshall, Thomas Maitland (1926). "The Life and Papers of Frederick Bates"
Lewis, Arthur A., et al. (1958). "History of the Lewis Family—1635-1958"
Osborn, C. S. & S. Osborn (1942). "Schoolcraft, Longfellow, Hiawatha"
Thompson, Wilson (1867). "The Autobiography of Elder Wilson Thompson..."
Tucker, Glenn (1956). "Tecumseh: Vision of Glory"
Walker, John Hardeman (1931). "John Hardeman Walker—Cattle King" M. Kelly, au.
Religion
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Clark, Charles E. (1965). "Science, Reason, & an Angry God...Literature of an Eq"
Clark, Elmer Talmage (1912). "One Hundred Years of New Madrid Methodism...."
Davidson, Robert (1847). "History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Kentucky"
Finley, James B. (1854). "Autobiography of James B. Finley...."
Holweck, (Father) — (n.d.). "The Arkansas Mission under Rosati" STL Cath. Hist Rev.
Jewell, Horace (1892). "History of Methodism in Arkansas"
Johnson, Charles A. (1955). "The Frontier Camp Meeting"
Lafferty, Maude Ward (1939). "The Lure of Kentucky" –"earthquake Christians"
Louisiana Gazette, St. Louis ( 7 Mar. 1812). Invocation, in The Earthquake
Panoplist (The) and Missionary Magazine (1812). "Earthquakes"
Posey, Walter Brownlow (1931). "The Earthquake of 1811 and Its Influence on Evangelistic Methods
in the Churches of the Old South"
Posey, Walter Brownlow (1957). "The Baptist Church in the Lower Mississippi Valley.."
Posey, Walter Brownlow ( ). "Development of Methodism in the Old Southwest"
Rothensteiner, (Msgr) John E. (1939). "Historical Sketch of Catholic New Madrid"
Sweet, William Warren (1920). "The Rise of Methodism in the West"
Sweet, William Warren (1936). "Religion on the American Frontier. The Presbyterians..."
Watkins, Samuel W. (1992). "The Causes and Cures of Earthquakes: Methodists and the New
Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812"
Native Americans
Native American History
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Douglas, Robert Sidney (1912). "History of Southeast Missouri"–reprint, 1961
Drinnon, Richard (1972). "White Savage" –see J. Hunter's "Memoirs of a Captivity.."
Gilbert, Joan (1996). "The Trail of Tears across Missouri"
Graham, Richard (papers) (~1825). MO Hist. Soc.–Indian agent R. Graham’s papers
Hunter, John Dunn (1973). "Memories of a Captivity Among the Indians of N. Amer."
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James, Edwin (1823). "Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mnts"
Jewell, Horace (1892). "History of Methodism in Arkansas"
Mooney, James (1896). "The Ghost-Dance Religion & the Sioux Outbreak of 1890"
Mooney, James (1972) "Myths of the Cherokee & Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees"
Nash, Charles H. (1960). "The Human Continuum of Shelby County, Tennessee"
Powell, Christine (1999). detailed account of 1811-12 eqs from Carolina Indians
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1885). "Kentucky"
Switzler, W. F. (1879). "Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri from 1541 to 1877"
Williams, Joseph S. (1873). "Old Times in West Tennessee..." [eyewitn., Pierre Nichol]
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WPA Historical Records Survey, Dunklin County (1935-44).
Native American Archaeology/Pre-History
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Adams, R. M. & W. M. Walker (1942). "Archaeological Surface Survey of NM County"
Bartholomew, David (1996). "Earthquake Preserved Native American History"
Bates, George A. (1880). "Archaeological Remains in Southeastern Missouri"
Chapman, C. H. & L. O. Anderson (1955). "The Campbell Site..."
Croswell, C. (1878). "Mound Explorations in Southeastern Missouri"
Mainfort, Robert C., Jr. (1994). "Archaeological Investigations…Obion River Drainage"
Morse, D. A. & P. A. Morse (1983). "Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley"
O'Brien, Michael J. (1994). "Cat Monsters and Head Pots" archaeology/Pemiscot Bayou
Saucier, Roger T. (1990). "Towosahgy State Historic Site & Its Physical Environment"
Walker, W. M. & R. M. Adams (1946). "Excavations in the Matthews Site, New Madrid..."
Tecumseh
6. Dean, Lewis, S. (1994). "Tecumseh's Prophecy: The...New Madrid Eqs. in Alabama"
3. Drake, Benjamin (1852). "Life of Tecumseh"
4. Eckert, Allan W. (1967). "The Frontiersmen" 1755-1836 Tecumseh & S. Kenton
8. Tucker, Glenn (1956). "Tecumseh: Vision of Glory"
Reference Works
General Reference
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Andrews, Allen (1963). "Earthquake" —good pre-plate tectonic summary/reference
Arksey, L., N. Pries & M. Reed (1983). "American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliogr. .."
Audubon, John James (1830). "The Birds of America"
Audubon, John James (1848). "The Favorite Animals of America"
Britannica, 3rd edition (1798). "Encyclopaedia...." First American Edition
Brunvand, Jan Harold (1968). "The Study of American Folklore"
Dewey, James & Perry Byerly (1969). "The Early History of Seismometry (to 1906)"
Heck, H. N. (1938). "Earthquake History of the United States, Part I…."
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9. Heck, Nicholar Hunter (1965). "Earthquakes" —for pre-plate-tectonics summ./ref.
10. Leach, Maria (1949). "Funk & Wagnalls Stand. Dictionary of Folklore, Mythol. & Legend"
11. National Academy of Sciences [Anonymous ] (1969). "Seismology: Responsibilities and
Requirements of a Growing Science"
12. Rusk, Ralph (1926). "The Literature of the Middle Western Frontier"
13. Stickney, M.C. & R. Musselman (1993). "Earthquakes: History...in Montana"
14. Surrey, N. M. Miller (1926, 1928). "Calendar of Manuscripts in Paris Archives relating to the History of
the Mississippi Valley to 1803"
15. U.S. Census (1811). "Aggregate Amount of Persons Within the U.S. in the Year 1810"
16. Winther, Osborn & R. A. Van Orman (1967). "A Classified Bibliography of the Periodical Literature
of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1811-1957"
Maps/Cartography Reference
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Goetzmann, W.H. & G. Williams (1992). "Atlas of North American Exploration"
Reed, Susan M. (1915). "British Cartography of the Miss. Valley in the 18th Century"
Ristow, Walter W. (1985). "American Maps and Mapmakers"
Wheat, Carl I. (1957-1963). "Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540–1861"
Bibliographic Reference
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Bragg, Marion (1977). "Historic Names and Places on the Lower Mississippi River"
Davis, William C. (1995). "A Way through the Wilderness"
Fuller, Myron L. (1912). "The New Madrid Earthquake" USGS Bulletin 494
Penick, James Lal (1981). "The New Madrid Earthquakes" –also a 1976 edition
Ross, Margaret (1968), "The New Madrid Earthquake" Ark. Hist. Quarterly
Stewart, David & Ray Knox (1995). "The Earthquake that America Forgot"
Street, R. & O. Nuttli (1984). "The Central Miss. Valley Earthquakes of 1811-1812"
Viitanen, Wayne (1972). "The Winter the Mississippi Ran Backwards..." PhD dissert.
Western Historical Manuscript Collection (1995). index of eq-related files
Fiction and folklore
Fiction
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Baugher, Ruby Dell (1944). "The Wedgewood Pitcher"
Drake, Julia A. (1956). "Red Glory"
Dupré, Louis J. (1881). "Fagots from the Campfire"
Hall, Eliza Calvert (1916). "Clover and Blue Grass"
Hudson, Arthur Palmer (1947). "A Ballad of the New Madrid Earthquake"
Giles, Janice Holt (1957). "The Believers"
Kroll, Harry Harrison (1945). "Fury in the Earth. A Novel of the New Madrid Earthquake"
Paulding, James Kirk (1832). "Westward Ho! A Tale"
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1820). "Transallegania, or The Groans of Missouri"
Van Every, Dale (1953). "The Trembling Earth"
Ravenswaay, Charles van (1841-1990). papers, Coll. #3873, West. His. Ms. Coll.
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12. Woodbridge, Hensley C. (1958). "The Kentucky Novel, 1956-57"
Folklore & Myth
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Botkin, Benjamin Albert, ed. (1955). "A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore"
Brunvand, Jan Harold (1968). "The Study of American Folklore"
Howse, Ruth Whitener (1947). "Folk Music of West Tennessee"
Leach, Maria (1949). "Funk & Wagnalls Stand. Dictionary of Folklore, Mythol. & Legend"
Woodbridge, Hensley C. (1957). "Folklore in the Works of Janice Holt Giles"
Other Notable Physical Phenomena
Comets
Begley, S. & T. Gideonse (1997). "When the Comet Flew through Ancient Evenings"
Drake, Daniel (1815). "Natural and Statistical View or Picture of Cincinnati"
Farrar, J. & Bowditch, N. (1815). "Observations of the Comet of 1811" & "Elements.."
Kaplan, David A. (1997). "The Return of the Great Comet" —Newsweek
Pusey, William Allen (1930). "The New Madrid Earthquake—An Unpublished Contemporaneous
Account" Science; see Brown, William
6. Willey, Susan (1984). "Mississippi Reversed" account of Looe Baker (Natchez)
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Little Ice Age
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Bradley, R.S. & P.D. Jones, ed. (1992). "Climate since A.D. 1500"
Brinkman, G. (1986). "The Year without a Summer" –Republic (Mo) Times Shopper
Brooks, Jared, Appendix in McMurtrie (1819) "Sketches of Louisville & its Environs"
deMenocal, Peter & Gerard Bond (1998). "Holocene Climate Less Stable...."
Grove, Jean M. (1988). "The Little Ice Age"Methuen, London
Guillou-Frottier, L., et al. (1998). "Ground Surface Temperature History…." JGR
Jacoby, Gordon C. et al. (1996). "Mongolian Tree Rings and 20th-Century Warming"
Overpeck, J. et al. (1997). "Arctic Environmental Change of the Last 4 Centuries" Sci.
Pringle, Heather (1997). "Death in Norse Greenland" — little ice age
River log rafts [R] and Caddo Lake [C]/Red River raft [RR]/St. Francis [SF]/Obion [O]
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Bagur, Jacques (1996). "The Caddo Lake Manuscript"[RR & C]
Beck, Lewis Caleb (1823). "Gazetteer..Illinois & Missouri" –p.320, St Francis R.[SF]
Bringier, Louis (1821). "Notices of the Geology, Mineralogy, Topography...."[RR]
Caldwell, Norman W. (1941). "The Red River Raft" Chronicles of Oklahaoma[RR]
Flint, Timothy (1826). "Recollections of the Last Ten Years"[RR]
Graham, Richard (papers) (~1825). MO Hist. Soc.–Indian agent’s papers[SF]
Hunter, Louis C. (1949). "Steamboats on the Western Rivers"[RR]
Linn, Lewis F. (1837). letter in Wetmore, A. "Gazetteer of the State of Missouri"[R]
Shepard, E. M. (1905). "The New Madrid Earthquake" Caddo L. & eqs.[C]
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10. Vaughan, Virginia C. (1983). "Tennessee County History Series: Weakley County"[O]
11. Watson, Chester C. (1982). "An Assessment of the Lower..." Atchafalaya log raft[R]
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Mississippi River
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Bradley, Abraham (Map, 1796). "Map of the United States, Exhibiting the Post Roads…"
Collot, Victor (Map, 1796). "Map of the Course of the Mississippi...."
Colton, George W. (Map, 1874). "Colton's Map of the State of Tennessee"
Colton, J. H. (Map, 1855b). "Colton's Kentucky and Tennessee"
Cumings, Samuel (Map, 1822). "The Western Navigator..." 1st edition of "..Pilot"
Cumings, Samuel (Maps, 1825; 1841; 1847). "The Western Pilot..."
D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon (Map, 1746). "Amérique Septentrionale"
D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon (Map, 1752). "Carte de la Louisiane"
Delisle, Guillaume (Map, 1703). "Carte de Mexique et de la Floride"
Delisle, Guillaume (Map, 1718). "Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi"
Elliot, D. O. (Map, 1932). "Improvement of Lower Miss River..." –3 vols., plus ~5 maps
Finiels, Nicolas de (1797 & 1798). "Carte d'une partie du cours du Mississippi..."
Guernsey & Alden (Map,1862). "Course of the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf"
Homann, Johanne-Baptist (Map, c 1730). "Amplissimae Regionis Mississippi...."
Humphreys & Abbot (Map, 1861). "Map of the Alluvial Region of the Mississippi River"
Hutchins, Thomas (Map, 1778). "A New Map of the Western Parts of Virginia, Penn-sylvania,
Maryland & North Carolina..." [accomp. Topographic Description}
Jadwin, Edgar (Maj. Gen.) (Map, 1927). "The Alluvial Valley of the Mississippi River..."
Joutel, Henri (Map, 1713). "Carte Nouvelle de la Louisiane et de le Riviere Missisipi…"
Le Page du Pratz (Map, 1757). "A Map of Louisiana….Course of the Mississippi..."
Long, Stephen H. (Maj.) (Map, 1822). "Country Drained by the Mississippi..."
Lucas, E. Ward(?) (Map, 1903). "Map of 1st & 2nd Eng'r. Districts of the Mississippi R..."
Mandeville, Marigny de (Map, 1763). "Carte Composée des Differents Ouvrages...."
Marquette, Father (Map, ca 1673). "Facsimile …Map of Mississippi or Conception R."
Mississippi River Commission (Maps, 1882–1916). "Mississippi River" map series
Mississippi River Commission (Maps, 1938). "Lower Mississippi River Early Stream Channels at
Approximate Half-Century Intervals"
Mitchell, John (Map, 1755). "A Map of the British Colonies in North America...."
Pike, Zebulon (Map, ~1807). "…Capt n . Pike’s Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana"
Pittman, Capt. Philip (Map, 1770). "A Draught of the River Missisippi..."
Ross, John [Lieut.] (Map, 1765). "Course of the River Mississippi...." [publ. 1775]
Safford, J. M. (Map, 1869). "State Geologic Map" in Geology of Tennessee
Schultz, Christian (Map, 1810a). "A Map of the Mississippi River.." in Travels...1807-08.
Schultz, Christian (Map, 1810b). "A Map of the United States including Louisiana"
Suter, Charles R. (Map, 1874). "Map of a Reconnaissance of the Mississippi River"
U. S. Army (Map, 1861-1865). "General Topographic Map Sheet XVIII" -part of an Atlas
Williams, Wellington (Map, 1849). "Map of the Miss. R. from St. Louis to the Gulf of M."
Young, Poussin & Tuttle (Map, 1821). "Reconnaissance. of the Mississippi& Ohio Riv."
Mississippi Embayment–Topo & Drainage
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1. Beck, Lewis Caleb (Map, 1823a). "Map of the States of Illinois and Missouri"
2. Bouchon, — (Map, 1825). "Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Territoire D'Arkansas",
J. Carez, printer (in French)
3. Cary, John (Map, 1811). "A New Map of Part of the United States of North America…"
4. Cary, John (Map, 1821). "A New Map of the U.S. of A. from the Latest Authorities"
5. Clark, Merriweather Lewis (Map, 1849). "Diagram of the State of Missouri"
6. Colton, George W. (Map, 1874). "Colton's Map of the State of Tennessee"
7. Colton, J. H. (Map, 1852). "Map of Missouri" — from E. E. Shrum (1989), p. 81
8. Colton, J. H. (Map, 1855a). "Missouri"
9. Debrett, J. (Map, 1795). "A Map of the Western Part of the Territories belonging to USA"
10. Fuller, Myron L. (Map, 1912). "Map of Earthq. Features of the NM District", Bull. 494
11. Humphreys & Abbot (Map, 1861). "Map of the Alluvial Region of the Mississippi River"
12. Hutawa, Edward (Map. 1844). "Sectional Map of the State of Missouri"
13. Kochtitzky, Otto (Map, 1903). "Map of the Lowlands of Southeast Missouri"
14. Lesieur, Godfrey (Map, 1836). "Lesieur’s Map" from Linn (1836) in Wetmore (1837)
15. Long, Stephen H. (Maj.) (Map, 1822). "Country Drained by the Mississippi..."
16. Map–Missouri Bootheel (Map, ca 1840). "SE Part of Cape Giradeau [sic] Land Dist…"
17. Mayo, George U. (Map, 1886). "State of Arkansas" — Dept. of Int., General Land Off.
18. Melish, John (Map, 1813). "A Map of the Southern Section of the United States"
19. Melish, John (Map, 1816-1826). "Map of the United States w/Contiguous British & …"
20. Melish, John (Map, ca 1822). "United States"
21. Mississippi River Commission (Maps, 1885; 1916). Index Charts..Miss. Riv. Series
22. Mississippi River Commission (Map, 1903). "Map of the Saint Francis Basin…"
23. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (Map, 1906). "Geographically Correct Map of
the Territory Traversed by the…Railway"
24. Pike, Zebulon (Map, ~1807). "…Capt n . Pike’s Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana"
25. Roester, C. (Map, 1878). "State of Missouri" — Dept. of Interior, General Land Off.
26. Rozier, Fermin A. (Map, 1845). Rozier’s map of the "Submerged Lands of Missouri"
27. Southeast Missouri Reg. Plan. & Economic Develop. Comm. (Map, 1975). History and
Travel Guide to Southeast Missouri Region"
28. Shrum, Edison E. (Map, 1989). "1828 Map of Southeast Missouri", p. 139.
29. Winslow, Arthur (Map, 1892). "Geological Map of the State of Missouri"
30. Woodbridge, William C. (Map, 1821). "United States"
Kentucky Bend/Island No. 10
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Bissell, J. W. [Col. USA] (Map, 1862). "Bissell's Map of Madrid Bend...Canal Cut"
Colton, George W. (Map, 1874). "Colton's Map of the State of Tennessee"
Elliot, D. O. (Map, 1932). "Improvement of Lower Miss River..." –3 vols., plus ~5 maps
Finiels, Nicolas de (1797 & 1798). "Carte d'une partie du cours du Mississippi..."
Grey, A. B. [Capt. CSA] (Map, 1862). "Map of Military & Navel Operations....Isl. No. 10"
Henderson, William T. (Map, 1820). "A Map of...Kentucky Lying West of the Tenn. R."
Hoelcke, William (Capt.) (Map, ~1862). "...Rebel Fortifications...Island No. 10..N. Mad. "
Lee, Edward F. (Map, 1851). "New Map of Kentucky...." [3 of 10 sheets total]
Marr, G. W. L. (Map, 1821). "Survey of Island #10 for G. W. L. Marr"
Mississippi River Commission (Map, 1879-80, 1913). KY bend w/courses to 1913
Mississippi River Commission (Maps, 1882–1916). "Mississippi River" map series
Mississippi River Commission (Map, 1890; 1902). KY bend with "caved areas"
Mississippi River Commission (Maps, 1938). "Lower Mississippi River Early Stream Channels at
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Approximate Half-Century Intervals"
Rhea, Matthew (Map, 1832). "Map of the State of Tennessee Taken from Survey"
Safford, J. M. (Map, 1869). "State Geologic Map" in Geology of Tennessee
Smith, Gene (Genl.?) D. (Map, 1795). A Map of the Tennessee Government...."
Smith (?) (Map, 1857). "1857 Copy of County Survey Dated 1847" Isl. No. 10-D. pt.
Smith (?) (Map, 1862). "Route of the Carondelet" Island No. 10-Donaldson Point
Suter, Charles R. (Map, 1874). "Map of a Reconnaissance of the Mississippi River"
Young, Poussin & Tuttle (Map, 1821). "Reconnaissance. of the Mississippi& Ohio Riv."
Reelfoot Lake/Lake Obion/Chickasaw Bluffs
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Colton, George W. (Map, 1874). "Colton's Map of the State of Tennessee"
Colton, J. H. (Map, 1855b). "Colton's Kentucky and Tennessee"
Fuller, Myron L. (Map, 1912). "Map of Earthq. Features of the NM District", Bull. 494
Lucas, F., Jr. (Map, 1824). Map of Tennessee, Baltimore —no other info—
Map #396 (Map, 1824). "Map of the 13th District, State of Tennessee" TN St. Archives
Map #1022 (Map, 1836). "Map of Dyer County [TN]", Tennessee State Archives
Map #1182 (Map, 1836). Map of Obion County, Tennessee. TN State Archives
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Map, 1867). "County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee"
Rhea, Matthew (Map, 1832). "Map of the State of Tennessee Taken from Survey"
Russell, J. (Map, 1794). "Map of the State of Kentucky with the Adjoining Territories"
Safford, J. M. (Map, 1869). "State Geologic Map" in Geology of Tennessee
Smith, Genl. D. (Map, 1795). A Map of the Tennessee Government...."
Town of New Madrid
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Amoureux, Michael (Maps, 1806). "Book of Records of Surveys...District of New Madrid"
Bock, Riley (Map, n. d.). Map of the town of New Madrid, 1791-present
LeVasseur, Charles (Map, 1904). "Map New Madrid, Mo. Showing Effective Revetment"
Plat of New Madrid ["Nouvelle Madrid"] (Map, 1794, April). Missouri Historical Soc.
Plat of New Madrid [and its environs] (Map, 1797, January). Missouri Historical Soc.
Plat of New Madrid (Map, 1810). "Plat of the Town of New Madrid, Louisiana, 1810"
Plat of New Madrid (Map, 1845 & 1857). "Survey of Old Town of New Madrid..."
Plat of the Village of Little Prairie… (Map, 1806). –from Amoureux (1806)
Miscellaneous—Historical/Scientific
1. British Museum (Map, ca 1828). "Sketch of the 11th District of the State of Tennessee"
2. Pike, Zebulon M.(Map, 1807). "A Map of the Internal Provinces of New Spain"
Special Interest Sites
The Arkansas Post
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References by Category
1. Coleman, Roger E. (1987). "The Arkansas Post Story"
2. Halliburton, William Henry (1903). "…Topographical…History…Arkansas County…"
3. Holweck, (Father) — (n.d.). "The Arkansas Mission under Rosati" STL Cath. Hist Rev.
also Flint/Audubon/Nuttall
Fort Osage
1. Gillespie, M. L. (1992). "Fort Osage: A History of its First Occupation, 1808-1813"
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