Missouri History Today November 17, 2021: Poplar Bluff Shaken: The New Madrid Seismic Event
Poplar Bluff
On this date in 1927, a devastating tornado hit Poplar Bluff, killing 104 and and injuring 350 more. In all, 225 people were killed as this twister and others in its group swept through southern Missouri and Arkansas. Sadly, this heartbreaking tragedy was eclipsed in the late afternoon of May 22, 2011 when an EF5 …
It was certainly a desire to ride through the state’s green and rolling-hill countryside in summertime that attracted us. Maybe there was a pain component, too, that was curiously, if a little perversely, compelling—confronting the dreaded beast that is humidity in Missouri’s hottest months.
The Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce invites you to explore and discover the Ozark Trail. Here is one native Ozarkian’s experience.
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Butler County was formed on this date.
The Bootheel is influenced more by Memphis than by St. Louis, and the area definitely is a member in good standing of the Old South. Stuck like a hatchet in the forehead of Arkansas, the Bootheel and its people, for the most part, feel alienated from the rest of Missouri.
A tornado in Poplar Bluff killed 104 and injured 350 more.
