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. |
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Finally, a drivable road. |