The High Noon of Empire
Aug 31st, 2007 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities
It was a cold day in New Haven, Connecticut, in the winter of 1899. That year, an arctic blast created record-making blizzards and snowfall. Ice flows in the Mississippi would run all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. (An event, by the way, recorded only one other time — ...read more
