Recorded instances of The Great Epizootic reported in 33 states

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The Remorseless March of the Great Epizootic of 1872

Recorded instances of The Great Epizootic reported in 33 states, Canada and Cuba from September 25, 1872 to March 7, 1873.

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September 25, 1872 - the village of Markham, Canada, ten miles north of Toronto.

October 1 - Toronto, Canada.

October 10 - Detroit, Michigan.

October 14 - Buffalo, New York.

October 17 - Rochester, New York.

October 18 - Montreal & Quebec, Canada.

October 19 - Syracuse, New York.

October 21 - Keene, New Hampshire.

October 22 - New York, New York & Boston, Massachusetts.

October 23 - Bangor, Maine & Newport, Rhode Island & Hartford, Connecticut & Lunenburgh, Vermont & Carrollton, Ohio & Chicago, Illinois.

October 24 - Baltimore, Maryland

October 26 - Pontiac, Michigan.

October 28 - Patterson, New Jersey & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & Washington DC.

October 29 - Columbus, Ohio.

November 1 - Newark, Delaware.

November 2 - Charleston, South Carolina.

November 4 - Springfield, Illinois.

November 5 - Grand Rapids, Michigan.

November 6 - Richmond, Virginia.

November 10 - Indianapolis, Indiana & Savannah, Georgia.

November 13 - Louisville, Kentucky.

November 18 - Chattanooga, Tennessee.

November 27 - Halifax, Nova Scotia & Jacksonville, Illinois & Keokuk, Iowa & Montgomery, Alabama & New Orleans, Louisiana.

November 28 - Jacksonville, Florida.

December 1 - Colorado Springs, Colorado & Boise, Idaho & Helena. Montana & Portola, northern California.

December 2 - St. Louis, Missouri.

December 3 - Omaha, Nebraska.

December 7 - Havana, Cuba.

January 26, 1873 - Albuquerque, New Mexico.

February 1 - Santa Fe, New Mexico.

March 7 - Prescott, Arizona.

Cases were also reported in Texas and Utah but no exact dates are available.