''Scared from Their Sins for a Season'': The Religious Ramifications of the New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812
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''Scared from Their Sins for a Season'': The Religious Ramifications of the New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812
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Author states three factors that set the New Madrid earthquake apart from similar episodes: (1) Tremors lasted several months; (2) Affected region was vast, well west of the Mississippi River and east to the Atlantic seaboard, (3) Timing coincided with a certain political and social climate. These factors taken together affected the psyche of the entire frontier populace. Many felt that the end of the world had come and that divine intervention was at the source of the quake. As a result church membership increased in the area.
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Creator: Kanon, Tom
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2005
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Ohio Valley History
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Equally startling was the appearance of a comet visible in the skies throughout the latter part of 1811.
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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