The Great Snow of 1717
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The Great Snow of 1717
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The Great Snow of 1717 was a series of snowstorms between February 27 and March 7, 1717 that blanketed the colony of Virginia and the New England colonies with five or more feet of snow, and much higher drifts. Snowfall may have occurred elsewhere, but settler population was sparse outside of New England at that time. The Great Snow is considered one of the benchmark storms in New England, often compared to the Great Blizzard of 1888 in severity. The Great Snow, depending on the source, began on
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Snow_of_1717
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2006-11-01T18:52:30Z
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2024-08-27T16:41:24Z
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