The 1875 Albert's Swarm: Massive Locust Invasion That Devastated Western U.S.
Albert's swarm was an immense concentration of the Rocky Mountain locust that swarmed the Western United States in 1875. It was named after Albert Child, a physician interested in meteorology, who…
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