# Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake

An audiobook by Edmund Christopherson, read by LibriVox volunteers (1 h 56 min, English).

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 informative photographs. - Summary by David Wales

[Listen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/12865)
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## Chapters

1. Real Shook; Trapped (32:40): https://archive.org/download/the_montana-yellowstone_earthquake_1804_librivox/nightthemountain_01_christopherson_64kb.mp3
2. Outside World; First Patrol (14:31): https://archive.org/download/the_montana-yellowstone_earthquake_1804_librivox/nightthemountain_02_christopherson_64kb.mp3
3. Civil Defense's Puzzle; Rescue - First Medical Doctor; Civil Defense Wrapup; Untrapped (22:07): https://archive.org/download/the_montana-yellowstone_earthquake_1804_librivox/nightthemountain_03_christopherson_64kb.mp3
4. Mystery - Who Got It?; Civil Defense And Natural Disasters; Aftermath (23:33): https://archive.org/download/the_montana-yellowstone_earthquake_1804_librivox/nightthemountain_04_christopherson_64kb.mp3
5. Living Geology; Now You Can See It; About The Author (23:08): https://archive.org/download/the_montana-yellowstone_earthquake_1804_librivox/nightthemountain_05_christopherson_64kb.mp3