Jan. 12 marked the 132nd anniversary of the blizzard of 1888, also known as the Children’s Blizzard and the Schoolhouse Blizzard. The event claimed 235 lives, most of them children ...

The Schoolchildren's Blizzard of 1888, which killed an estimated 235 people, was one of the most deadly disasters. But the deadliest was likel… ...

It is, in fact, depicting the famous blizzard of 1888. For generations, the trauma of that awful storm made a permanent cut in the memory of all Nebraskans, even through most of the 20th century.

In 1888, there was little job security, and workers were docked pay for missing a day—even in a massive snowstorm. Caplovich's book tells the story of William Scribner, of Cannonade, Connecticut, a ...

Though memorable, that snowy season was little more than an annoyance compared to the lethal blizzard of 1888 detailed in a haunting book I read a couple of months ago.

BEATRICE — Homestead National Historical Park will be remembering the 1888 Children’s Blizzard with a ranger talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, according to a press release.

As of this writing, 137 years later, the blizzard of 1888 remains among the top five recorded snowstorms in New York City, one of only four March snowstorms to produce a foot or more of snow a the ...

A blizzard creeps up quietly and often completely unexpectedly, like the infamous storm of March 11, 1888. In preceding weeks that year, the weather was strangely mild, giving rise to claims that ...

Children's Blizzard' details horrors of 1888 winter Children's Blizzard' details horrors of 1888 winter Dick Herman / For the Lincoln Journal Star Nov 29, 2004 Nov 29, 2004 0 ...