Strange historical U.S. Volcanic activity from 1857-1881..Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado& Idaho

December 10, 1866 ... referring to September 2, 1866
Florida Island
Puget Sound Weekly
A dispatch from Mobile says that on the 2d of September, on the Florida coast, fiteen miles from land, an island was thrown up by volcanic influence…


March 18, 1874 ... (March 17)
Bald Mountain, North Carolina
Denver Daily Times, Colorado
THE VOLCANO.
Raleigh, N.C., March 17. -- Passengers from the west, on this morning's train, confirm the reports of the rumbling noises on the surface, and the general upheaving of Bald mountain. The people living on and near the mountain are moving, and a heavy volcanic eruption is expected. Reporters left this afternoon for the mountain to view the scene and to ascertain the extent of the eruption….


[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov (secure)]

Also listed in link is:
January 20, 1881
Pikes Peak volcano, Colorado
Spokan Times

August 16, 1881
Idaho
Spokan Times
VOLCANO IN IDAHO


[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov (secure)]

I thought maybe in some way all of this activity may have been related to the New Madrid Earthquake, but that was in 1811-1812.

I don't what caused it, but if it happened before it can happen again.

None of the above states are shown as having volcanic activity in the "U.S. Volcanoes and Current Activity Alerts", but it seems it should. The activity only occurred 130-160 yrs ago.
[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov (secure)]

"Increases in both Earthquakes and Volcanoes will be your clue the null zone is approaching." Thomas '64

Thanks for the links! *****

madrid quake could have opened up magma channels allowing the other volacnoes to become active

Good point. This is not my field of expertise for sure, but that makes sense. I guess it takes time for the pressures to build up.

That is strange.

Doing a little digging, while the USGS says there are faults in the area, they also state that the mountain(s) are primarily limestone, dolostone and chert (appearing to be 100% sedimentary).

[link to mrdata.usgs.gov (secure)]


Located in Dade Co. Pigeon mtn can be found to the left of where it says Walker.

[link to mrdata.usgs.gov (secure)]

I wonder what those people saw? Big ass moonshine operation blowing up?

According to the link, Pigeon Mountain was one of the longest eruptions. It started on the 24th and continued to the 29th.
" It had continued up to the 29th ultimo about as above described, emitting smoke and ashes without intermission. The crater is thought to be about 100 yards in diameter. No one has yet ventured near enough to ascertain anything of its general depth."

Nice links by the way.

Very interesting find, OP!



Thanks

Guess you missed the "Non-Volcano Eruptions" part of the title.

What kind of title do you expect from the USGS?!....(U.S. Volcanic Eruptions: "Non-Volcano Eruptions"
Newspaper Clippings) They are not much different than NASA.

The writers of the articles kind of thought a little differently.

There is a Hot Springs near Bald Mountain which could very well indicate a volcanic presence in the area.

Pikes Peak is most assuredly NOT volcanic in origin....just uplift (which created the whole mountain range).

That is exactly why I posted this...to get input from GLP.
There are many interesting articles in the link and thought if anyone would know, my fellow GLP'ers would know. Thank you for the input.

Not exactly very bright, are you?

I think this is the one that interest me the most and I have not heard any thoughts on it:

"December 10, 1866 ... referring to September 2, 1866
Florida Island
Puget Sound Weekly
A dispatch from Mobile says that on the 2d of September, on the Florida coast, fiteen miles from land, an island was thrown up by volcanic influence to the height of ninety feet above the water level, and measuring seventeen hundred feet in circuference."


Any thoughts on this? I know if I lived near this area I would have been flipped out for sure.

This ^^^

Large Earthquakes continue to strike

Biblical Times

Thanks for posting about eastern us volcanic activity.
quick search found a related article from NY Times 1874:

[link to timesmachine.nytimes.com (secure)]

in detail, it describes an 1840's investigation into suspected volcanic activity in the NC Alleghany Mountain chain by a General and Congressman A.L. Clingman.

In short, his theory seems to point towards the weight of the ocean pushing down on the crust in one area causing a corresponding rising of the crust in another area far from the ocean.
Though he doesn't seem to know if it has been volcanic more than just a periodic release of pressure through the weak spots in the rock which get melted back together...also, he was hoping someone was keeping track of the height of the mountain tops to see if they are rising.

He also didn't come out and reference the "Seneca Guns" or "Brown Mountain Lights" by name but he did allude to them in recounting a similar effects in a Mexican silver mine...the implication is that the mysterious booming sounds are due to the bottom of the crust sloughing off into the area below the mantle creating a kind of sonic boom sound.

1859 Carrington Event

This is very interesting, thank you


I lived in Queens NY when an earthquake struck
on a morning in Oct. of 1985.
I was on the second floor, near the window at the time, it shook the house and momentarily made the windows rattle.
It lasted a good 15 seconds which may not seem like much to a Californian, but in N.Y.C. for the EARTH to be rumbling to the degree it SHAKES houses is unheard of !
But the really weird thing is the SOUNDS I heard emanating
from the ground....
It was like a weird grumbling groan echoing through a HOLLOW CHAMBER,
it didn't sound muffled as if it was coming through layers and layers of soil,
and it struck me that there were LAVA TUBES beneath us.

The neighborhood there is very hilly and I could easily imagine it being part of a dormant volcano network.

Just wanted to add that.

That's when Cuba was born!

This was on the local news here in East Tennessee almost 2 years ago
look at the date it was 1st posted

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