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Reelfoot Lake near Memphis, Tennessee

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Memphis (Tenn.), Postcards), Images, Lakes
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Rhodes College Postcard Collection
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Abstract
This is a view of Reelfoot Lake which local history states that the lake was formed after the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–1812 and that the Mississippi River flowed backward for 10-24 hours to fill it. The photo is by the State of Tennessee Department of Conservation.
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A 3x5 photographic postcard which is part of a folder entitled: Memphis Tennessee, The Gateway to the South and West, about 1940