FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze ...
The popular term was first used around the 1940s, according to Mike Bettes, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel ... The ...
Area residents in 1940 had a much different experience ... covered most of the Midwest in mountains of snow. The Armistice Blizzard that hit Minnesota 75 years ago on Nov. 11 was an unpredicted ...
A bowling northeast blizzard, perhaps the worst in 20 years, swept into New England last night, paralyzing rail, highway and ocean traffic and causing at least two deaths. Fifty persons were ...
Letter writer J.T. Holl received this “Certificate of Merit” after delivering the morning Tribune to subscribers the day after the infamous Armistice Day blizzard in 1940. It says, in part ...
11, 1940, the wind out of the northwest was a snarling ... much as 16-plus inches across areas of the state. The ferocious blizzard lasted into Tuesday; it took the rest of the week to dig out ...
In 1940, Veteran's Day ... flying together in a pack for protection and shelter.) "Armistice Day Blizzard" by Michael Sieve. artwork provided courtesy of the artist and Wild Wings.