Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake
Author: first_name: Edmund
last_name: Christopherson
Language: English
Year: 1960

A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August 17, 1959, at 11.37 pm.  A mountainside fell, a lake formed, roads and houses disappeared, people were trapped, people died.  The author of this narrative went to the area the day after the quake, took first-hand stories of the catastrophe, researched in the following months, and wrote this account within a year of the shaking.  The printed source has many i