Take A Look Back At Pennsylvania's Year Without A Summer
By Beth Price-Williams|Published May 12, 2018
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Beth Price-Williams
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A professional writer for more than two decades, Beth has lived in nearly a dozen states – from Missouri and Virginia to Connecticut and Vermont – and Toronto, Canada. In addition to traveling extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., she has a BA in Journalism from Point Park University (PA), a MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Stockton University (NJ), and a Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University (PA). A writer and editor for Only In Your State since 2016, Beth grew up in and currently lives outside of Pittsburgh and when she’s not writing or hanging out with her bunnies, budgies, and chinchilla, she and her daughter are out chasing waterfalls.
Most of us, albeit sometimes begrudgingly, will admit that we’ve complained about the long, hot days of summer. Of course, that’s after we swore, during the coldest days of winter, that we would never complain about the heat again. We do it every year in PA, don’t we? Well, can you imagine a year without a summer? It happened once before — and it plunged much of North America and Europe into disaster. Let’s take a look back at Pennsylvania’s year without a summer.
Fascinated by Pennsylvania’s year without a summer? Then, you just might want to delve into more of the state’s history. Click here, for example, to read about nine things you didn’t know about PA’s history.
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