<p>This letter switches between astonishment at the weather, and the comings and goings of Maxwell Land Grant senior management.</p>

This letter switches between astonishment at the weather, and the comings and goings of Maxwell Land Grant senior management.

Episode 30 - “Yesterday was the longest day and celebrated here with the most frightful hail, rain, thunder and lightning”

Matt Ruglys reads from letters sent by his great great grandfather, Henry Tinson, from Cimarron, New Mexico between 1871 and 1873. The letters describe life and work in the American west.

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Episode 30 - “Yesterday was the longest day and celebrated here with the most frightful hail, rain, thunder and lightning”

Episode 30 - “Yesterday was the longest day and celebrated here with the most frightful hail, rain, thunder and lightning”