In 1832 during the early settlement period of Calhoun County, the Cholera epidemic hit the US first arriving at a port in Quebec, Canada and ultimately finding its way down to New York City and across the Great Lakes region to Michigan.  In June of that year it arrived in Marshall with devastating results killing almost half of the village in less than a month.  The disease spread to other parts of the County and Southwest Michigan, but Marshall seemed to have the worst impact in this region.  

In this episode I read several accounts from the time period of those who lived during that time, and also cover the other events that occured in that same time period that made life even more challenging for the pioneers.

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