US EditionA biblical plague of grasshoppers gave rise to a Minnesota chapel
- Assumption Chapel, also known as Grasshopper Chapel, was built in August 1877 as a response to the grasshopper plague that lasted from 1873 to 1877 and devastated farmlands in the Midwest.
- On April 26, 1877, Minnesota Governor John Pillsbury declared a day of prayer for relief from the Rocky Mountain locusts, which resulted in a storm killing many grasshopper eggs.
- Construction of the chapel began in July 1877 under Rev. Leo Winter, and it was finished on August 15, 1877, shortly before the locusts disappeared.
- Today, the rebuilt chapel sees about 1,000 visitors each year and is used for events such as Mass and weddings.
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A plague of grasshoppers gave rise to a Cold Spring chapel
COLD SPRING — For five summers, a plague of grasshoppers devastated the Midwest, until a wooden chapel rose on a hill in Cold Spring. Assumption Chapel, also known as “Grasshopper Chapel,” was built in August 1877, five years after swarms of grasshoppers began feasting on farmlands in the Midwest. However, unlike the granite building on the hill today, the original chapel was a small, wooden, shack-like structure, said Marv Salzer, the chapel ca…
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