billski
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From the 1937 WPA Vermont Guide:
"The year 1816, “the famine year” or “eighteen hundred and froze to death”, brought the greatest physical hardships that the inhabitants of this state have ever known. On June 8 a foot of snow fell and blew into drifts two and three feet high. There was a little snow in July and August and a heavy frost on September 10. Almost no crops were harvested that fill. Much of the livestock in the State perished..."
"The year 1816, “the famine year” or “eighteen hundred and froze to death”, brought the greatest physical hardships that the inhabitants of this state have ever known. On June 8 a foot of snow fell and blew into drifts two and three feet high. There was a little snow in July and August and a heavy frost on September 10. Almost no crops were harvested that fill. Much of the livestock in the State perished..."
