tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post6956120998017969469..comments2024-03-24T22:17:42.279-04:00Comments on So Many Ancestors!: 52 Ancestors: Week 10 "Stormy Weather": Thorkel Halvorson: Storms of Grasshoppers and HailBeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-52916806833411169802015-03-10T16:23:03.040-04:002015-03-10T16:23:03.040-04:00Thanks for the comment and the book recommendation...Thanks for the comment and the book recommendation! I will have to track down that book. I didn't realize that was why the Department of Agriculture was formed; that's very interesting!Beth https://www.blogger.com/profile/07699629748818185124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162676775133380150.post-47415218307439387382015-03-10T04:57:34.223-04:002015-03-10T04:57:34.223-04:00Your documentation and sourcing are outstanding! I...Your documentation and sourcing are outstanding! I, too, have ancestors who suffered through the grasshopper/locust plague. I read a great book about it and how the country responded called Locust by Jeffrey A. Lockwood. That infestation was one of the main reasons the U.S. Department of Agriculture was formed. And some people thought the settlers must have been bad people to have been visited by a Biblical plague. Hard to imagine!Schalene Dagutishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.com