Pawnee Suffer in a Blizzard
Reports of the suffering of white settlers in winter snowstorms abound in the columns of early Nebraska newspapers. Less common are accounts of the experiences of Native ...
Blizzard
What We Found
Snowbound — The Blizzards of 1948-49
The winter of 1948-49 brought Nebraskans the most prolonged battle with the elements in the state's history. Harl A. Dalstrom's "I'm Never Going to Be Snowbound Again," ...
When It Absolutely Had to be There Overnight
Modern shipping companies pride themselves on prompt, reliable delivery service, whatever the weather. But few of them could match the phenomenal performance of this ...
Winter
Nebraska winters and winter weather have furnished ample material for reminiscences by Nebraskans. Territorial settler Clarke Irvine recalled in an account published by ...
Major North’s Blizzard
Minnie Freeman Penney was a young schoolteacher who during the blizzard of 1888 led her pupils from their Valley County school to the shelter of a neighboring ...
The Easter Blizzard
At Eastertime, we expect to enjoy warm spring weather. But those of us who know Nebraska know that where the weather's concerned, it's often smart to expect the ...
Blizzards
The two most famous winter storms in Nebraska history occurred in 1873 and in 1888. The storm which struck on April 13, 1873, was a violent snowfall accompanied by a ...
Snowbound on a Train
The passengers snowbound on the Missouri Pacific train between Eagle and Elmwood were released late Friday, but not through the clearing of the track.
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A Tombstone and a Blizzard
Chicago man who tried to drive a buckboard twenty miles through a blizzard on the Nebraska prairie and his narrow escape from death.
Many tales of ...
How High Is That Drift?
The four men standing between snow banks in Fairbury in 1912 illustrate the aftermath of a snowstorm described by the Fairbury Journal on March 1 as “about the heaviest ...
Wild Weather Wednesday: Blizzard Derails Train Car Near Wausa, 1915
Welcome to Wild Weather Wednesday. Every Wednesday, we post a photo from our collections depicting an extreme weather event from Nebraska’s past. Nebraska has seen ...
Timeline Tuesday: Christmas at Fort Robinson, 1882
Fort Robinson Christmas party. RG1517-85-1
Fort Robinson provides the following holiday story of devotion and courage. It can be found in A Frontier Army ...
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