Houston 1895 snow

No man, nor woman, nor page of history has been found that recalls anything to compare with this in the past, in this part of the country. Its effect on cattle is said by stockmen to have been very disastrous. From some members of the Southeast Texas livestock association an estimate has been obtained which places the loss above 25 percent.

Cattle will never move against the wind, rain, sleet or snow, but drift with it as soon as it starts. They used to turn their backs to the northers and gradually drift into the bottoms, where they would get protection by the trees and some kind of green food that would keep life in them till the severity of the cold passed.

Now it is different. They are driven by the cold against some wire fence and there they stop and freeze and starve to death. You must be logged in to post a comment. Bill Murray February 14, pm 8 Replies. He is the site's official weather historian and a weekend forecaster. He also anchors the site's severe weather coverage.

Subscribe If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it. Privacy guaranteed. We never share your info. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Tranquil, Storms Wednesday ». Weather Xtreme Video. Labels: weather. That's a great picture! Unfortunately I was out of town for the last snowfall and I missed it! Fortunately, I was in town for the Christmas Eve snowfall. There's something about snow especially in Houston that it can get people to pull over and act like 5 year olds the minute it starts to fall.

A very rare event, it was. Not just in Houston, but in Texas. My family was in East Texas for the snow, but my mother saw snow on her way back to the Valley after Christmas. She pulled over and made snowballs and threw them at a barn.

The craziest thing is the fact that the snowstorm of carried on until Feb. That means the picture above doesn't even show what the depth of the snow was like when the storm was over.

Must have been an amazing sight. She is burried in Lynchburg somewhere. Her exact resting spot is unknown. Fred is named on this website as a causulty. His half brother, William Drucks, is also named but was shot and wounded.