Weather maps
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Historic weather maps
Search U.S. weather maps from April 1871 to April 1968.
Historic Newspapers
Search newspapers by location, date and keyword.
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Newspapers.com World Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers from the United States and other countries, dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s.
Other Sources
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That Terrible Texas Weather
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ISBN: 0585227926Publication Date: 2000-01-01Chapter 6 is titled "The Drought of 1890-1894: 'The Air was Rancid.'"
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Frontier Life: Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters This link opens in a new window
Provides access to primary source documents focusing on European settlements, interactions, and transformations in Africa, Australasia, and North America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Tip: Look for Transcript of Dancy's Diaries 1836-1856 as typed by William A. Brown in the "Frontier Life" database above
