• JPHS Meetings

    Reelfoot Lake Meeting and Tour a Great Success!

    JPHS President Bill Mulligan reported on a very successful meeting on Saturday, November 3rd  for the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. Reelfoot Lake State Park is at the western edge of our service area, but a very good turn out. Lots of familiar faces; lots of new people, too. David Hayes discussed the early history of the region and its development after the lake was formed. For those who do not know, Reelfoot Lake was formed by the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 -12, estimated to have been more powerful than any earthquake ever in North America. A thirty-foot upthrust of the…