08.18.2020 - By Zion's Lost
In August 1959, a violent earthquake shook the ground underneath campers at the Madison Lake and Hebgen Lake, near Yellowstone National Park. In total darkness, chaos ensued when the force of the earthquake made water from the lakes flood the area and caused the mountains around them to crumble. https://www.newspapers.com/image/595792828 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_Lake https://web.archive.org/web/20100105042605/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1959_08_18.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Hebgen_Lake_earthquake https://foresthistory.org/the-night-the-mountain-fell/ https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HebgenLakeEarthquake.pdf https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/night-of-disaster-remembering-the-1959-hebgen-lake-earthquake