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Epidemics

1827-1828 - Typhoid Fever, Ague, Billious Fever

1832 - Cholera

1904 - Typhoid Fever

Started Jan 6, 1903 (9 cases). Total for the year: 3443 cases and 472 deaths. The severest outbreak occured shortly after heavy rains, in January of 1904, that washed immense quantities of mud into the lake. The following month had similar weather and another rise in the number of cases as typhoid infected sewage washed into the lake. By the end of the epidemic, 611 people had died.