Title

Anything to Survive

Subject

Grasshopper plaque

History--Sterling, Kansas

Description

From the label on front of the picture: With grasshopper plague in 1874, farmers fought to make a living. Picked buffalo bones from prairie to survive. They brought $8 per ton.

Source

Sterling Free Public Library, Sterling, Kansas

Publisher

Sterling Free Public Library, sterling, Kansas

Date

1874

Contributor

Max Moxley

Rights

Reproduced with permission from the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

In Copyright

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

MM_plague1874122.jpg
MM_plague1874122b.jpg