Fish were stranded in every direction and could have been gathered by the wagon-load. The air was alive with buzzards and vultures eager for the feast, but the earth had acquired its normal condition. We can only imagine what the consequences would have been if a great city had stood upon the eastern shore of the lake. Click on a location below to view more first-hand accounts of the 1857 earthquake. For the original sources of these accounts, please click here .
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