125 years ago, deadly 'Children’s Blizzard' blasted Minnesota (January 11, 2013)

Minn Post ^ | January 11, 2013 | Alyssa Ford

[beaversmom]

[beaversmom]

Thanks for mentioning this historical, tragic blizzard on another thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3109834/posts

[Timber Rattler]

Yeah, I was curious about it and looked the story up too. Really sad.

[beaversmom]

Book looks interesting.

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[IwaCornDogs]

Wonderful book ~ loved it!

[Senator_Blutarski]

Bump for later reading

[stevem]

My great grandfather checked out as a result of that storm. He became lost walking to his home. They found him 3 days later in an Indian village about 20 miles distant. He was still alive but developed gangrene in his feet. That, as they say, was that.

[Rightly Biased]

thanks for a history lesson

[Battle Axe]

One of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books mentions a storm that blew enough snow in the town....I think they were in DeSmet, so that it was up to the top of the lst story then the wind came back and blew it all away.

I can't think of the name of the book. I need to go shovel snow here in Indiana.

[Hardastarboard]

Minnesota is a beautiful place - in the summer.

[righttackle44]

Seems as if this blizzard was the basis for an episode of Little House On The Prairie.

[jaybee]

It’s called “The Long Winter”. I wonder if it’s talking about the same year.

[ErnBatavia]

We live in the Kalifornia desert but wifey hails from central Uffdaville.....as luck would have it, everytime somebody falls ill or dies it's always - without fail - in the dead of winter.

Those trips back are truly Shock and Awe.

[Kay Ludlow]

Wow. Makes the hype about the latest deep-freeze seem silly, doesn't it?

[kidd]

That picture is of Fort Snelling.
I used to hang out at the exact spot as a teenager in the 70s

[halo66]

I also recall that episode of Little House...

[nascarnation]

This must be fiction.

Because I read comments from a yout educated in climate change that “they had to start naming winter storms because the storms are so much worse than 20 yrs ago”

[Liberty Valance]

alison krauss - jacobs dream

[BenLurkin]

The voting age needs to be raised back to 21 - stat!