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Christmas of 1855 in Kansas Frozen by Bitter Weather
A Kansas Christmas of 1855 endured extreme cold with temperatures ten to twenty two below zero. Bread froze, pickle jars burst, and homes, not built for such cold, felt the strain. G D Brewerton and a New York newspaper party at Shawnee Mission described the frigid landscape and a rare Christmas gathering indoors with an apple toddy and family warmth. A separate report from the Herald of Freedom notes a Christmas party of about fifty couples at the Free State Hotel, with a plentiful supper and merriment despite hardships.
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Kansas
Cquiser
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Charles Robinson
Peta- Lawrence
G. D. Brewerton
New York
Allegheny
Thomas) Johnson
Herald of Freedom
Lawrence
Free State