Letters to Esther Update

I spent the afternoon transcribing and scanning a new batch of letters from late March 1920.

The letters from March 28 and March 29 include descriptions from Esther’s mother, father, and sister of the first Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, which fascinated me. Storms, especially tornadoes, are terrifying. I did some Googling, and 39 people died in Indiana during that particular outbreak. More than 150 people were killed by tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Alabama, and Georgia.