Historian John McDermott wrote about the physical hardships of a frontier soldier’s life, describing the western plains as “an environment that could be frustrating, unrelenting, noxious, infectious, and lethal.” Here’s what he says about the army’s smallest enemy, the flea:
11744-51; In Memory of the Mary Hannah Hansen Lux and Clarence Burton Lux by the Gladys Marie Lux Museum Acquisition Endowment Established at the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation (at left).
