But, beginning in the 1880s, railroads opened up the Bootheel to logging. 1905, Little River Drainage District constructed elaborate ditches, canals, and levees to drain the swamp land. As a result, ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed the presence of four minor earthquakes in the Missouri bootheel since Thursday ... is the most seismically active area in North America east of the Rocky ...

Relentless storms continue to batter the Bootheel region, with severe weather and flash flooding expected through early next ...