The Wichita Eagle, 1874...Locust plagues swarmed the prairie, devouring everything in their path. Coming in untold millions in cloud upon cloud, until their fluttering wings looked like sweeping snowstorms in the heavens - until their dark bodies covered everything green upon the earth. The insects blanketed the prairie six inches deep and with their combined weight snapped off the limbs of cottonwood trees.
Topeka, KS ... After consuming the corn crop, the locust consumed prairie grass, leaves and bark off of trees, leather boots and harness straps, even fence posts, door frames, and the handles of axes and plows. They attacked the piles of cord wood and cut it into chunks without even splitting it first!
The cause of origin of these locust assults remains a unknown mystery and they have departed as stangely as they arrived.
Next...Lawrence, KS Winter 1856
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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