Although we don't know the exact location, St Jude is considered the spot of the largest of the five earthquakes, which occurred in February 1812. It was an 8.8. The impact of an earthquake that large occurring in the middle of the country is enormous; essentially if you were in the continental US, you felt the quake. It would have still registered as over a 5.0 in North Carolina and Virginia!

The approximate location is marked by a smoke stack. “No trespassing” ‘signs’ were shown through purple marks on the utility poles around the grounds. We declared that it was no trespassing for the enemy as well.