February 1899 marked the arrival of perhaps the coldest airmass in move into the United States in recorded history. For more than a week the bitter artic cold ravaged North America with Blizzards and ice. Records were established that hold even today more than century later. A foot and a half of snow had not only fallen in Philadelphia and Baltimore, but Richmond and Raleigh. (By February 12 the storm was in full swing, in Boston winds gusted to 65 mph and maintained an average of 50 mph throughout the entire day. 24-36" of snow just north on Boston in Beverly. The Boston Herald declared: "Rarely, if ever, has Boston been so completely snowbound as it has been by this blizzard."

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