Yesterday we stopped in the tiny town of New Madrid, pop. 3,200. Its claim to fame is a series of earthquakes in 1812-13 that were the worst in U.S. history. There were four earthquakes rating 8.0 on the Richter scale plus 1,000+ smaller quakes and aftershocks.
Today we dock in Hickman, Kentucky.
Truman campaigned for the Senate from the Courthouse steps.
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