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Year of the Great Photoalmanac Summerless Valley 1816
The author recounts a seven year cycle from 1816 to 1891 describing how the Shenandoah Valley faced a year without a summer with frost every month and widespread famine. He notes subsequent droughts and crop swings, detailing wheat corn and fruit yields, and mentions Jacob Sipe and river trade for flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. Searford
Livray News and Courier
Shenandoah Valley
Jacob Sipe
Port Republic
Georgetown
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore