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This is a letter from J.W. Honey to George W. Martin, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society. Honey writes of his experiences during the grasshopper invasion of 1874, focusing mostly on bringing corn in from the field before it was fully consumed by the insects.
Creator: Honey, J.W.
Date: February 03, 1910
Item Number: 222148
Call Number: History, Grasshoppers Coll. #587 A
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222148
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Corn
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Wood - Log
Collections - Manuscript - History - Grasshoppers
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Plagues - Grasshopper
Date - 1870s - 1874
Date - 1910s - 1910
Environment - Wildlife - Insects - Grasshoppers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Clyde
Places - Counties - Cloud
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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