153: Winters of New England's Past

A few weeks ago, we covered the Blizzard of 1978. But what about the Blizzard of '88... 1888 that is? What about centuries before that? Snow storms are destructive enough in the modern era, but how did Puritans in colonial New England deal with them? We'll also jump 150 years forward to the Great White Hurricane of March 1888. Join Sarah and Jeffrey, your favorite Salem tour guides as they talk about more winter, more snow, and more cold.

• https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47082/47082-h/47082-h.htm
• https://marbleheadmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/pp-187-260-331Winthrop_s_Journal_History_of_New_Englan.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
• https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1742
• https://www.dotnews.com/2017/oh-hunger-many-suffered
• https://www.brancatosnowremoval.com/history-snow-removal-first-snow-plow/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888
• https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/the-blizzard-of-1888-americas-greatest-snow-disaster

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