The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard (or "The Children's Blizzard"), hit the U.S. plains states on January 12, 1888. The storm came unexpectedly on a warm day, and many people were caught unaware, including children in one-room schoolhouses. ground blizzrds are found in Wyoming,Monatana,New York, and Swizerland // [edit] Headline text Look up Blizzard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... A roll cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, Netherlands A storm is any disturbed state of a planets atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. ... Williamson School was a one-room school in Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

The blizzard

The temperature dropped from around seventy degrees Fahrenheit to minus twenty (forty in some places) within just a few hours. It was accompanied by high winds and snow. The storm lasted from just after noon until early evening. Fig. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons. ...

In many places, children were trapped in schoolhouses. In most cases, they remained there overnight.

It is estimated that 235 people died that day. Travel was severely impeded in the days following.

Two months later, another severe blizzard hit the East Coast states; this blizzard was known as the Great Blizzard of 1888. Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 - March 14, 1888) was one of fiercest blizzards on U.S. record. ...

The stories

• Plainfield, Nebraska: Loie Royce found herself trapped with three of her students in a schoolhouse. By 3pm, they had run out of heating fuel. Her boarding house was only 82 yards away, so she attempted to lead the children there. However, visibility was so poor that they became lost and all the children froze to death. The teacher survived, but her feet were frostbitten and had to be amputated.
• Holt County, Nebraska: Etta Shattuck got lost on her way home, and sought shelter in a haystack. She remained trapped there for three days and died soon after.
• In Great Plains, South Dakota, the children were rescued. Two men tied a rope to the closest house, and headed for the school. There, they tied off the other end of the rope, and led the children to safety.
• Mira Valley, Nebraska: Minnie Freeman safely led seventeen children from her schoolhouse to her home, one mile away.
• It was the worst storm since 1864.
• The Blizzard of 1888 which hit the east coast just two months later was much smaller in comparison to the Schoolhouse Blizzard.
• Ted Kooser, Nebraska poet, has recorded many of the stories of the Schoolhouse Blizzard in his book of poetry, "The Blizzard Voices".

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Affected states

Many of these states were just Territories at the time: A territory (from the word terra, meaning land) is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution. ...

• South Dakota
• North Dakota
• Montana
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• Kansas
• Texas

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Other names

• The Schoolhouse Blizzard
• The Schoolchildren's Blizzard
• The Big Brash Blizzard of 1888

Not to be confused with the Blizzard of 1888, which affected the East Coast later that year. New York City The Blizzard of 1888 (March 11, 1888 – March 14, 1888) paralyzed the Northeastern United States. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...

See also

• 1888 Northwest Cold Wave

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References

• The Weather Notebook: Schoolhouse Blizzard
• Old Time Nebraska -- The Big Brash Blizzard
• The Blizzard of 1888 at Rootsweb
• The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin