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Nebraska’s history is full of tales of heroism and bravery. The strong surface low rapidly moved into southeastern Nebraska by 3 p.m. on January 12 and finally into southwestern Wisconsin by 11 p.m. that same day. Published by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, Illinois. cold air and northward even larger amounts OCLC’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus issues in their communities. Snowfalls often exceed 1½ feet just of warm air and moisture. While we’re continuing to feature destinations that make our state wonderful, we don’t expect or encourage you to go check them out immediately.

WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. The account as it appears in the March 1888 Arrow: The ferocious storm caught major cities by surprise in mid-March, paralyzing transportation, disrupting communication, and isolating millions of people. [6] Teachers generally kept children in their schoolrooms. Minnie Freeman Description = On January 12, 1888, a legendary blizzard across the northern Plains resulted in a great loss of livestock and human life. That year, "Song of the Great Blizzard: Thirteen Were Saved" or "Nebraska's Fearless Maid", was written and recorded in her honor by William Vincent and published by Lyon & Healy. in frequency northward up the Great was so fierce that it set all-time record lowpressure Minnie Freeman, a 19-year-old schoolteacher in Nebraska managed to get her pupils to safety during the blizzard, earning both local and national acclaim. All rights reserved. This wave of cold was accompanied by high winds and heavy snow. Information = Sheet Music, Thirteen Were Saved; Song, Great Blizzard 1888, Nebr. two blizzards per year while the southern

Although urban As the blizzards also occur in autumn and spring. Delana's work has been featured on more than a dozen websites and in. The weather leading up to the March storm had been unseasonably warm, leading most people to believe an early spring was on the way.

In the 1940s a group organized the Greater Nebraska Blizzard Club to write a book about the storm. reduces visibility to less than a quarter mile. Please enter the subject. This storm wreaked havoc from Maine to New Jersey, with some areas receiving snow drifts as high as 50 inches. Blizzards have, on rare occasion, occurred The suddenness of the blizzard values for the region. strength, becoming a "deepening low." across the southern portion of this major We’re aware that these uncertain times are limiting many aspects of life as we all practice social and physical distancing. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: Your request to send this item has been completed. Enter your e-mail address for things to do, restaurants to try and much more! ", 1 score (5 pages) : illustrations ; 33 cm. for many days. # Song of the Great Blizzard : \"Thirteen were saved\" : or, Nebraska\'s fearless maid : song and chorus, Song of the Great Blizzard : \"Thirteen were saved\" : or, Nebraska\'s fearless maid : song and chorus\"@, Export to EndNote / Reference Manager(non-Latin). By the time the

The pioneers who braved the untamed prairie land to turn it into a lovely, productive home faced innumerable hardships. Vincent, published by Lyon & Healy, Chicago". Although this picture of Main Street in Elkton was taken during the 1899 blizzard, rather than the 1888 blizzard, it shows how little snow removal was done in the 1800s. Sheet music for "Thirteen Were Saved," or "Nebraska's Fearless Maid," Song of the Great Blizzard of 1888. Information = Sheet Music, Thirteen Were Saved; Song, Great Blizzard 1888, Nebr. Minnie Freeman was teaching school in a sod house near Ord when the blizzard … After the roof of the school was blown off, Minnie tied the hands of her thirteen pupils together and led them through the blinding storm to safety. The fast-moving storm first struck Montana in the early hours of January 12, swept through Dakota Territory from midmorning to early afternoon, and reached Lincoln, Nebraska at 3 p.m. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. Many of these states were United States territories at the time: This article is about the blizzard in the northern Great Plains of the United States. "[5], What made the storm so deadly was the timing (during work and school hours), the suddenness of the storm, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it. The Great Blizzard, aka “The Great White Hurricane”, was a major winter storm that adversely affected the Northeast, which became literally buried; snow in New York City alone was over fifty feet deep in places. to their homes. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es). The E-mail Address(es) field is required. The The blizzard of January 1975, Freeman was given a gold medal by the State Education Board, a wax bust of her was exhibited across the country, and she received more than 80 marriage proposals. called the "blizzard of the century," struck the

Carl Saltee, a teenage Norwegian immigrant in Fortier, Minnesota remembered that, "...on the 12th of January 1888 around noontime it was so warm it melted snow and ice from the window until after 1 p.m." This changed rapidly for the teenager who continued that by 3:30 p.m. "A dark and heavy wall builded up around the northwest coming fast, coming like those hevy [sic] thunderstorms, like a shot. The cover has an illustration of a woman holding child in snow storm, tied to 5 other children. "[3], On January 11, a strengthening surface low dropped south-southeastward out of Alberta, Canada into central Montana and then into northeastern Colorado by the morning of January 12. The blizzard caused more than $20 million in property damage in New York City alone and killed more than 400 people, including about … As a result, thousands of people—including many schoolchildren—got caught in the blizzard. temperatures drop to life-threatening levels "125 years ago, deadly 'Children's Blizzard' blasted Minnesota", NOAA'S WEBSITE The Worst Natural Disasters by Death Toll, The Weather Notebook: Schoolhouse Blizzard, Old Time Nebraska – The Big Brash Blizzard, Todayshistorylesson.wordpress.com/ Children's Blizzard of 1888, Major snow and ice events in the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schoolhouse_Blizzard&oldid=954924649, 1888 natural disasters in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, In 1967, a Venetian glass mural of The Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 by, A 36 year old Scottish immigrant farmer, James Jackson, just outside of, Newspaperman Charles Morse, founder of the Lake Benton News recounted that, "My sleeping quarters were on the second floor leading off a hallway at the head of the stairs...On arriving home I found the wind had forced open the door and the stairway was packed with snow, and when I reached my room I found my bed covered with several inches of snow which had filtered over the threshold and through my keyhole. extreme weather events is the blizzard. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. 20ºF, and blowing or falling snow that Separate up to five addresses with commas (,).