HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1639.AM: Jessie Eva Starr Patton Cravin, 1880-1961
Reminiscences: 1888
Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska: Pioneer
Size: One folder
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of the nine page typescript reminiscences of Jessie Starr regarding “The Big Blizzard,” of January 12, 1888. As children, Jessie Starr and her siblings were lost in the storm for several hours. The Starr family lived in the Valentine, Nebraska area.
For additional resources regarding the January 12, 1888 blizzard, see the records of the “January 12, 1888 Blizzard Club” [RG3658]. See also the Library Catalog and the Nebraska History index for various published sources about the blizzard.
INVENTORY
Reminiscences of the January 12, 1888 Blizzard
Subject headings:
Blizzards — Nebraska
Cravin, Jessie Eva Starr Patton, 1880-1961
Frontier and pioneer life — Nebraska — Cherry County
Nebraska — Blizzard, 1888
Reminiscences
Starr family
KFK 04-07-1995
Revised TMM 03-16-2010
