Blizzard of 1888
By James C. OlsonSuperintendent, State Historical SocietyJanuary, 1947
Fifty-nine years ago this week–on January 12, 1888--Nebraska was hit with what old-timers will ...
Minnie Freeman
What We Found
Major North’s Buffalo Hunt Ended by a Blizzard
About midnight the wind changed to the north, bringing rain and sleet, and within an hour a blizzard was raging on the open prairie.
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New artifact has ties to “The School Children’s Blizzard of 1888”
The Nebraska History Library recently received a donated book from a University Library in Kansas that was inscribed by Minnie Freeman Penney. Minnie is of course ...
Looking Back on the Blizzard of 1888
Below are three different looks at how the Blizzard of 1888 affected Nebraskans. One is from the Superintendent of the Nebraska State Historical Society (History ...
Marker Monday: The Blizzard of 1888
Marker Text
On January 12, 1888, a sudden fierce blizzard slashed across the Midwest. The temperature fell to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero. A howling northwest ...
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