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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GILLETTE — Seventy-five years later, the blizzards of 1949 remain one of the worst recorded storms that have ever crossed the northern Great Plains. Reports tally more than 70 people who died in the ...

The blizzard of 1949 was known as the worst on record. It came with lots of snow, strong winds, and frigid temperatures. Blocked railroads and unpassable roads were everywhere. Operation “Haylift” was ...

Vincent McKeown stands beside his car in a 20-foot deep snow canyon made by plows on Highway 275 10 miles west of Norfolk in February 1949. Editor's note: Originally published Feb. 23, 2014: On a sea ...

What will Lincoln look like tomorrow? Hopefully not this bad. Check out archive photos of the blizzards from the bad ol' days. A Lincoln man struggles to move his car as snow continues to fall during ...

SEWARD, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska National Guard Museum preserves over 11,000 artifacts, and one more came rolling in from the World War II era. The M29 “Weasel.” It’s significant to Nebraska because ...

Author and historian James Fuller will give a talk on his new book “The Wyoming Blizzard of 1949” at the Natrona County Library. The author recounts “harrowing stories of tenacity and fortitude,” ...