Beef State: Blizzard of 1948-49 Gallery

Chadron was buried under forty-one inches of snow on January 4, 1949.
Blowing snow locks a farm in a frozen sea of drifts.
A lone snow shoveler is dwarfed by a massive locomotive.
Chicago and Northwestern tracks near Harrison, NE.
Hereford cattle drifting with the wind wandered onto a frozen lake.
A relief worker explains Operation Snowbound details to Gov. Peterson.
A relief worker delivers supplies by airplane.
Army and National Guard bulldozers and Caterpillars.
A Nebraska National Guard C-45 in flight.
Bulldozer in Box Butte County.
Finally, a drivable road.