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Events in U.S. History

Weather Events

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Presidential Assassinations


April 19, 1822 Hurricane in Huntsville, Alabama

Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Indiana and Illinois Tornadoes of 1912

(Located on our Indiana Trails site)



President McKinley
- 1901

Floods

Miscellaneous Events

1927 Mississippi River Flood
(Located on our Arkansas Trails site)

 1824 Meteor

1934 Gnat Plague
(Located on our Arkansas Trails site)

Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918
[on our Illinois site]

     

Catastrophic Events

PRINCIPAL DEATH-DEALING STORMS IN THE UNITED STATES (pre-1901)

The 1859 Erie Canal Bridge Collapse at Albion, NY located at our
New York State Site




New Madrid Earthquakes
- 1811-1812
Newspaper Accounts of the Earthquakes

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The River Steamer Sultana Disaster

Page 1:

Overview ~ Picture of the Sultana ~ Boone County, Indiana Casualties ~ First Hand Account of Survivor Uriah Mavity

Page 2:
"The Sultana Tragedy" written in 1913.
First hand account of Andersonville prisoner and Sultana survivor, Joseph Taylor Elliott ~ The Statement of William B. Floyd, rescuer

 

September 11, 2001 - History of the World Trade Center, Timeline of the Events of the Day, Casualty Lists

   
 

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