12, 1888, is sometimes called the Schoolchildren ... hiding missing ears under hats — victims of the blizzard.” Decades later, storm survivors organized a club and met annually to commemorate ...

Learn about the Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the fiercest East Coast storms ever recorded. As railroads drove western expansion, Buffalo Bill brought Wild West shows back east, hiring displaced ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 14.--The loss of life by the great blizzard of Thursday is shown to have been very great, by far the largest number of casualties being reported from Dakota points.