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1870 South Dakota Blizzard Remnants and Grasshopper Plague
A first person reminiscence recalls the March 1870 blizzard in South Dakota lasting three days and nights with zero visibility and ruined homesteads. The witness describes collapsed houses, frozen rivers, and neighbors sheltering in cellars, along with the grasshopper outbreak that followed, washing away livelihoods and forcing many settlers to abandon farms.
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South Dakota
Lss
Binns
Toru
Ime
Aix
Stv
B. Wheelock
Ivan Wheelock
Ball
Aman
Gustas
Wheelless
Cravelle
Lions County
George Knight
Tean
Tito