Unprecedented Cold in the Peach Belt 1899
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Photocopies of pages from the Douglas Weekly Record newspaper, Feb. 16, 1899.
"40 degrees below zero - Unprecedented cold in the peach belt." Front page and partial page-two story

2022.03.56
Reporting on cold weather that devastated the peach crop in 1899.
1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture
Winthers, Sally
2022.03
Item originally cataloged as 95-44-1
14 in
8-1/2 in
024 Basket Factory, Fruit Exchange, Fruit Growing
05/25/2022
10/21/2025