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bobbieinok

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2. In 1874 locusts overwhelmed farmers in the West

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:30 PM

Jul 2020

My greatgrandparents lived in western NE at the time. Their families had moved to eastern IA before the Civil War. After serving in the Union army, George returned home, married Lydia, and they moved to NE to take up the land-grant vets were able to get.

My gramma and her older brother were born in IA. The family moved to NE in a covered wagon and lived for some time in a sod house. Lydia never forgot how the locusts covered their fields.

Info about the 1874 locust infestation in the West and about several earlier ones can be found at history.net. Or check links on google.

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