This week, 74 years ago, the majority of Nebraska and other states in the region were under more than 40 inches of snow. Operation Snowbound was the state's response that winter storm and was the first test of the post WWII reorganized Nebraska Army and Air National Guard. In this video, Nebraska Army National Guard Maj. Cody Cade, 105th Military History Detachment commander, discusses Operation Snowbound at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, Nebraska. (U.S. Army National Guard video
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This week, 74 years ago, the majority of Nebraska and other states in the region were under more than 40 inches of snow. Operation Snowbound was the state's response that winter storm and was the first test of the post WWII reorganized Nebraska Army and Air National Guard. In this video, Nebraska Army National Guard Maj. Cody Cade, 105th Military History Detachment commander, discusses Operation Snowbound at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, Nebraska. (U.S. Army National Guard video
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The Blizzard of 1949 staggers the imagination. The snow stopped trains, buried houses, and threatened millions of head of cattle in four states. Nebraska Stories takes a look at The Blizzard of 1949 in this short video. | Nebraska Public Media
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The Blizzard of 1949 staggers the imagination. The snow stopped trains, buried houses, and threatened millions of head of cattle in four states. Nebraska Stories takes a look at The Blizzard of 1949 in this short video. | Nebraska Public Media
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On January 2, 1949 one of the worst blizzards in the history of the Northern Plains began its pummeling of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. From January 2nd through the 5th, the blizzard raged and brought heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. Subsequent storms through mid-February buried entire towns and homes and brought the entire region to a grinding halt. Wyoming PBS created a great documentary on the historic weather event and has made it available to the entire PBS f
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On January 2, 1949 one of the worst blizzards in the history of the Northern Plains began its pummeling of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. From January 2nd through the 5th, the blizzard raged and brought heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures. Subsequent storms through mid-February buried entire towns and homes and brought the entire region to a grinding halt. Wyoming PBS created a great documentary on the historic weather event and has made it available to the entire PBS f
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One of the worst winters in Nebraska history began 70 years ago today. | Nebraska State Historical Society
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One of the worst winters in Nebraska history began 70 years ago today. | Nebraska State Historical Society
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With blinding snow, biting winds and temperatures dipping to 40 degrees below zero, the Blizzard of 1888 hit Nebraska hard. See more Nebraska 150 History Moments at netNebraska.org/150. #NE150 | Nebraska Public Media
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With blinding snow, biting winds and temperatures dipping to 40 degrees below zero, the Blizzard of 1888 hit Nebraska hard. See more Nebraska 150 History Moments at netNebraska.org/150. #NE150 | Nebraska Public Media
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The Blizzard of 1948-49 staggers the imagination. Actually not a single storm, but a series of storms, it began in November 1948 and continued uninterrupted into February 1949. The snow stopped trains, buried houses, and threatened millions of head of cattle in four states. See more Nebraska 150 History Moments at netNebraska.org/150. #NE150 | Nebraska Public Media
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The Blizzard of 1948-49 staggers the imagination. Actually not a single storm, but a series of storms, it began in November 1948 and continued uninterrupted into February 1949. The snow stopped trains, buried houses, and threatened millions of head of cattle in four states. See more Nebraska 150 History Moments at netNebraska.org/150. #NE150 | Nebraska Public Media
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One of the most devastating natural disasters that 19th-century Nebraskans faced was the deadly Blizzard of 1888, also known as The Schoolchildren's Blizzard. It killed many people and drove one schoolteacher to a heroic feat that made national news. | Nebraska State Historical Society
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In late January 1949, the Fifth U.S. Army was ordered to begin "Operation Snowbound" as a the Blizzard of 1948-49 paralyzed much of the Great Plains. The Army freed 150,000 snowbound people and airlifted tons of hay to cattle in the Nebraska Sandhills. | Nebraska State Historical Society
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