SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum recently recognized the 75th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1949; it was one of the worst on record for Wyoming and the northern plains. The ...

The 1948-49 blizzard left over 75,000 people marooned and close to 34,000 miles of roads impassable. See photos of how Nebraska weathered the storm. Houses west of Imperial were almost completely ...

Jan. 2, 1949 started out as a calm, almost autumn-like, morning. I was in Kindergarten at the time. The Nebraska Weather Service issued the following forecast: "Cloudy with light snow. Little change ...

Bill Dresler of Omaha clears a road across a small bridge. Pilot Joe M. Poland landed his plane on this hilltop to carry supplies to the stranded Harold Anderson family. Railroad cut near Gordon, ...

Editor’s note: Telegraph-Bulletin reporter Donald C. Cieber made several trips into and over snow-stricken western Nebraska in the wake of the Jan. 2-5 Blizzard of 1949. The following consists of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Today (Fri.) is the 46th anniversary of the famous blizzard of 1978. Strong winds blew extremely heavy snow into huge snowdrifts that blocked many roads for days and ...