Blizzard (1896)

OLD SETTLER

Posted By: Paul Nagy, volunteer (email)
Date: 2/3/2012 at 17:27:27

Blizzard
February 1896

—A slight reminder of the old-fashioned Iowa blizzard visited this section the first of the week. It was enough to start the “old settler” telling tales of the “early seventies,” and the thrilling experiences he relates (a good many of them true) is enough to make the hair of the younger generation stand on ends.

“Blizzard.” THE INDEPENDENT. (Forest City, Iowa) 13 Feb 1896: 5.