MARSHFIELD — The Marshfield Historical Society and the Jaquith Public Library presents “1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816” a presentation by Howard Coffin, February 7, 5:30 p.m., at Twinfield Union School Library.
1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. In this talk, historian Howard Coffin includes scores of anecdotes on the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival.
This program is a Vermont Humanities series co-hosted by the Marshfield Historical Society and the Jaquith Public Library, and is free and open to the public.