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Lore of the lake lures writers, sportsmen to its unique setting
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TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. -- Reelfoot's weird history shapes the lake
even today.
The lake is believed to have been formed by the series of massive
earthquakes, perhaps the strongest of modern times, around the
central Mississippi River region from December 1811 to March 1812.
Allen R. Coggins wrote for The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History
and Culture: Whole forests sank below their original level and filled
with water to form swamps and shallow lakes. The eighteen-thousand-
acre Reelf...
