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 ...

The winter of 1948-49 brought a series of powerful storms that blanketed much of Nebraska, Wyoming and the Dakotas with heavy snow, extreme cold and blinding winds. Snowdrifts reached as high as 30 ...

January 2, 1949 - The first storm marking the Blizzard of 1949 began on Jan. 2 and continued through Jan. 5. It brought heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures to much of the northern plains.

Ed Geisert had to receive medication by air drop at this farm 8½ miles southeast of Ogallala. Prefer us on Google Learn More Take a look at some of the major snowstorms and blizzards that have blasted ...

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 ...

Retired Oklahoma State professor Zane Quible grew up on a cattle ranch in northwest Nebraska, and he was only 6 years old when the 1949 Blizzard hit. It was a storm where people saw snow heaped as ...

Ed Geisert had to receive medication by air drop at this farm 8½ miles southeast of Ogallala. SHERITHA JONES Take a look at some of the major snowstorms and blizzards that have blasted Nebraska.

The year 1949 roared into the northern Plains with a blizzard that still ranks as one of the worst on record. For Ozzie Osheim and his college pals, it was an adventure as they and about 400 other ...

CHEYENNE For the survivors of the 1949 blizzard that paralyzed the state, this week's snowstorm is nothing. Cheyenne received 16 inches of snow on Tuesday, a record amount of snowfall for March 18, ...

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,” ...