Our Town 100 Years Ago: October, Part II

The second half of October 1898 was a mixed bag of events and weather. Springfield, Missouri, experienced the earliest snowfall on record (for the relatively short time European

immigrants had lived there). The cold front plunged into the deep south and, on its way, left Kansas City with over three inches of snow. On October 18th, the first American flag was raised in Puerto Rico. Future Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, William O. Douglas, was born on October 16th. Otherwise, late October 1898 seems fairly devoid of significant news. Here in the Jefferson Valley, there was a lot mo...