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Grasshoppers swarm Kansas in 1874 great invasion
In 1874 Rice County and much of western Kansas faced a vast grasshopper onslaught described as The Great Grasshopper Year. Locust swarms darkened skies, devoured crops and even clothing while circuit riders mobilized aid from eastern congregations and a state relief effort financed by bonds and taxes.
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Hutchinson News
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Leo Oliva
Rooks County
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J.W Honey
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Kansas State Historical Society
Thomas Osborn