This week’s #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society follows up last’s week’s with another image from the 1881 snowstorm!

This past week marks the storm’s 140 year anniversary, as it hit in two waves between February 26 and March 4. A heavy rainstorm, followed by over four feet of snow, pounded the city that week. Record books in Madison indicate that approximately 114 inches of snow fell in total that winter. This stereoscope view, courtesy of local photographer J.P. Whipple, shows the snow drifts along the sidewalks on the north side of Main Street.

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