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Day in the Life

Apr 2, 1848

Journal Entry

April 02, 1848 ~ Sunday

2nd Sunday our city was visited through the day with a strong
gale of wind and sand which drove inside of all of our log
cabins & coverd evry thing with dust, we had a hay stack burn
down on the outskirt of the town situated in such a position
that nothing els could burn but had it been in any part of
town whare the wind could have blown the fire in any part
of the city it would soon been wraped in flames the whole
town has been in danger of being burnt up all winter, wind south

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Miller's Hollow, Iowa

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Apr 2, 1848