As the Northeast prepares for a potentially record-breaking blizzard this week, let's look back at the 1888 storm that set all those records. 8/14 SLIDES © Wallace G. Levison/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty … Photo courtesy of … From left, State Sen. H.C. Crandall of Curtis, Horace M. Davis of Lincoln, Oliver Bell (of Minnie Freeman’s school), H. Greeley, Besse Davis, Ora Clement and Leslie Markel. Feb 13, 2016 - Explore lsiman76's board "The Great Blizzard of 1888" on Pinterest. The Blizzard Of 1888. The Great Blizzard of 1888 or Great Blizzard of '88 (March 11 – March 14, … At least, the Blizzard of 1888 is the most celebrated snowstorm ever endured in Nebraska. Between March … The Great Blizzard of 1888 was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States of America. Members of the Blizzard of 1888 pose at a historical marker in Valley County in 1967.

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Snowfalls of 20–60 inches (51–152 cm) fell in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and sustained winds of more than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) produced snow drifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m). A scene from the Brooklyn borough of New York City during the blizzard of 1888. The storm stretched from Maryland all the way up to Maine and parts of Canada, paralyzing the Northeast for up to a week.

The Blizzard of 1888, however, which covered the entire Plains area, seems to have been worse than either of these. In the early morning of March 12, 1888, heavy rains turned into snowfall that didn’t let up until March 14, ultimately dropping as much as 50 inches of snow across the East Coast.