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Grasshopper Plague Drives Nebraska Families From Land in 1874
In 1874 a grasshopper invasion across western Nebraska devastated crops wheat corn and gardens leaving stumps. By spring 1875 about 9 000 families or 36 000 people needed relief with Harlan Adams Butler Clay Furnas Franklin Platte and Webster counties hardest hit. Relief came from Nebraska Aid and Relief Society the army Grange and churches.
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Blue River
Republican Valley
Nebraska
Nebraska Aid and Relief Society
Omaha
Ord
Department of the Platte
Grange
Methodist Church
Harlan County
Adams
Butler
Clay
Furnas
Franklin
Platte
Webster