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The Hungry Winter

The Hungry Winter

Dr. History's Tales of the Old West

January 26, 202123m 56s

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Show Notes

The 1863 gold rush brought thousands to Virginia City, Montana. Winter of 1865, food was scarce, early snow blocked supplies. Flour went from $25 to $100 a sack. Mobs of hungry miners stormed the stores searching for flour.

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