Six More Weeks of Winter

[Gene C]

So what year was the baaadddd winter storm in central IL, during Lincoln's time, and how bad was it?

I think it was the winter of 1830-1831, but I don't know the amount/depth.

"Between Christmas 1830 and New Years Day 1831, a horrible blizzard devastated the land. When it cleared, three feet of snow blanketed the prairies. Then came a rain, with weather so cold that it froze as it fell, forming a crust of ice over this three feet of snow, nearly, if not quite, strong enough to support a man. For two weeks, temperatures never surpassed twelve below, and the Deep Snow as pioneers called it, lingered for more than two months. In all, thirty one snows fell during that legendary winter."

from "The Young Eagle" by Kenneth Winkle p.28