SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum recently recognized the 75th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1949; it was one of the worst on record for Wyoming and the northern plains. The ...

Jan. 2, 1949 started out as a calm, almost autumn-like, morning. I was in Kindergarten at the time. The Nebraska Weather Service issued the following forecast: "Cloudy with light snow. Little change ...

Editor’s note: Telegraph-Bulletin reporter Donald C. Cieber made several trips into and over snow-stricken western Nebraska in the wake of the Jan. 2-5 Blizzard of 1949. The following consists of ...

Bill Dresler of Omaha clears a road across a small bridge. Pilot Joe M. Poland landed his plane on this hilltop to carry supplies to the stranded Harold Anderson family. Railroad cut near Gordon, ...

The 1948-49 blizzard left over 75,000 people marooned and close to 34,000 miles of roads impassable. See photos of how Nebraska weathered the storm.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Author of Blood, Sweat and Pixels and Press Reset, ...