10/15/2026
❄️ BRRRR! On October 11, 1906, Marshall County was covered in snow as shown in these photos from our collection. Read the column below from the Bremen Enquirer on Thursday, October 11, 1906, page 5. How would you feel if you woke up to snow falling tomorrow? Let us know!
"A Foot of Snow in October!
Old Boreas dealt us a body blow yesterday in the shape of a snow storm without any preliminary sparring in the way of frosts. The citizens were astonished on arising to find about three inches of snow had fallen during the night and continued during a large part of the day. The fluffy masses of white upon the green foliage of the trees, not yet touched by Jack Frost, made a pretty picture. The temperature was two degrees below freezing at daylight. The snow continued all day and far into the night, the total fall being at least twelve inches, and this morning the freeze was quite severe. The branches of many trees were broken by the masses of clinging snow. A great many people had not picked their apples, and today the trees are laden with the fruit frozen solid. Snow flurries in October are not unusual, but the magnitude of this storm is such as to silence the "oldest inhabitant," who generally bobs up with a tale of something just a little worse that happened years and years ago. It also arouses apprehension in the minds of many over the prospect of an exceptionally severe winter."
