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Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936
The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana
Author Janis Thornton reveals the stories of a day in Indiana like no other.Palm Sunday 1965 started as the nicest day of the year, the kind of weather that encouraged Hoosiers to …
1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana
Author Janis Thornton reveals the stories of a day in Indiana like no other.Palm Sunday 1965 started as the nicest day of the year, the kind of weather that encouraged Hoosiers to …
Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River
During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the Lower Missouri River, from Omaha to its mouth. Although derided …
The Whiskey Row Fire of 1900
A fire of frightening magnitude was not a question of "if" but "when" in young Prescott, and on July 14, 1900, the feared conflagration found its spark. After several years of …
Deadly Storms of the Delmarva Coast
Journey to the coast with Michael Morgan as he looks back at the area's most deadly storms.Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of …
The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake
Icy Winters on the Chesapeake Bay
Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay's myriad inlets in summer, it is hard to imagine that, come January, icebreakers may be plowing the waters you cruised in July. When portions of the …
Butte and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Butte was an incomparable city, but in late 1918, some of the things that made it so exceptional also made it incredibly cruel. That year, the Spanish flu swept across the country, …
Tragic Sinking of Gloucester's Patriot
On the evening of January 2, 2009, Captain Matteo Russo and crewman John Orlando got underway aboard the fifty-four-foot fishing vessel Patriot, from the iconic State Pier in …
Galveston Burning
Since 1821, when Jean Lafitte sailed away from a burning Campeche, the history of Galveston has often been wreathed in smoke. Over the next century, one inferno breached the walls …
The Larchmont Disaster Off Block Island: Rhode Island's Titanic
On February 11, 1907, the steamship Larchmont collided with the schooner Harry Knowlton. Thrown from their bunks, passengers of the Larchmont panicked and ran onto the ship's deck. …