November 18, 1948 - On Nov. 18, 1948 what started with rain, turned into heavy wet snow. The snow fell for three days, with one account from Wausa saying it measured 30 inches. Roads were blocked for ...

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.

A Depression-era building on Wakefield’s Main Street is packed with automotive collections and 70 years' worth of memories. It began producing oil a month later, and for the first two months, averaged ...