Show Lake Latto LakeR Laker r R lake In tho th extreme northwestern corner of ot Tennessee Rel the rhe the only large e l lake ke In lu that state state has IMS the distinction lI of ot having hn come Into Inlo existence o overnight by reason r of ot an on earthquake was the name of ot nn an Indian who tradition relates ll n wile us born with witha a deformed foot which caused ed hIm to reel reelus us as he lie ambled tilting along and who lived hived 11 1 1 In la that vicinity History tells tells' us UI that during the of ot December 10 1811 n 0 violent trembling of ot the earth carth tool took place In Inthis Inthis this locality This was followed by a Q rumbling noise like distant thunder Then Theu the oil became with n It sulphurous vapor Man Mun and bea beast alike frightened Trees fell 1111 The mighty Mississippi rolled ant and roared A terrific eruption occurred r Earth orth rockIng continued nt at too too too-fre fre frequent quent quent to to-be to Intervals for tor several rol weeks The river broke Its banks car tying everything e before It It The rhO town of yew New Madrid Mo 0 sunk slink about nf fit teen ten fret feet fonds and und lakes dried up UI Investigation In showed that a n lake some seine eighteen miles Ion lone and aud three miles wide wille hud had formed on the Ten 1011 necee side able of ot this the river A desolate region of ot waste and ond ruin then nature has since bestowed V a strange beauty upon It It The water are inhabited with lily Illy purls pods flout float upon the surface varicolored wildflowers wild will flowers and grasses Brasses line Its bunks banks cypress cy press trees grow In lt It wild fowl rowl use It as 1111 a refuse refuge and opossum muskrat beaver bl and ond milk find homes there In |