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(3.88) | 10 | This is an informative and gripping account of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake, which struck in southwestern Montana on August 17 at 11:37 pm (MST). The earthquake measured 7.3-7.5 on the Richter magnitude scale and caused a huge landslide, leaving 28 people dead and causing US $11 million (1959) in damage.The slide blocked the flow of the Madison River resulting in the creation of Quake Lake, and effects of the earthquake were also felt in Idaho and Wyoming. It was the strongest and deadliest earthquake to hit Montana since the 1935-36 Helena earthquakes and caused the worst landslides in the history of the Northwestern United States since 1927.With numerous illustrations and color photographs, and eyewitness accounts help to tell the story.… (more) |
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To those who experienced, suffered, the helping and the helped, the surviving and the lost. All members of the involuntary fellowship of the Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake, to those who come to see and wonder, and especially those who assisted in this book's realization, "The Night the Mountain Fell" is cordially dedicated.  | |
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August is a busy month in the exciting mountain vacation area that centers in West Yellowstone, Montana, and includes Yellowstone National Park, the restored ghost town of Virginia City, the nationally famous trout fishing reach of Madison Canyon that runs through Gallatin National Forest, plus dude ranches and lakes in the parts of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho where the three states come together. One edition of this book says "Beaverhead National Forest," instead of "Gallatin National Forest" | |
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These quake-caused fluctuations in thermal features, plus strong curiosity as to the earthquake's effects in the surrounding area, Sup't Lon Garrison feels, will make Yellowstone's post-quake years bigger than ever. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)One edition of this book has a slightly different end line: These fluctuations in thermal features, plus the general curiosity as to the earthquake's effects in the surrounding area, Sup't Garrison feels, will make 1960, and subsequent years, bigger than ever. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Book descriptions This is an informative and gripping account of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake, which struck in southwestern Montana on August 17 at 11:37 pm (MST). The earthquake measured 7.3-7.5 on the Richter magnitude scale and caused a huge landslide, leaving 28 people dead and causing US $11 million (1959) in damage.The slide blocked the flow of the Madison River resulting in the creation of Quake Lake, and effects of the earthquake were also felt in Idaho and Wyoming. It was the strongest and deadliest earthquake to hit Montana since the 1935-36 Helena earthquakes and caused the worst landslides in the history of the Northwestern United States since 1927.With numerous illustrations and color photographs, and eyewitness accounts help to tell the story. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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Never realized this had happeend. Also didn't know that there were so many areas effected by this. Stories of those who were there and what they were doing along with watching what others around them were doing when it struck and afterwards.
Very tragic. (