Dear Beyond Little House:
Why was the winter so long? And do we still have long winters in the same pattern that the old Indian described?
Kathrine
Dear Kathrine:
This question is best answered by Barbara Mayes Boustead in this episode of Trundlebed Tales radio, a radio show by Sarah S. Uthoff. Barb works for the National Weather Service and was a presenter at last summer’s LauraPalooza, where her topic was the real-life weather of that winter 1880-1881. She also maintains the blog “Wilder Weather.”