Cleaning out files I ran across this from when were discussing it before and I don't know that I passed it along: Winter of the Deep Snow occurred in 1830-1831. Here's the address of an article published as part of the state's Sesquicentennial celebration in 1968: http://users.midamer.net/jonm/deepsnow.htm Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com Coordinator, Logan County, ILGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Harding mailing list> HARDING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas