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PhotoFiles: Nebraskans tough it out during snowstorms through the years
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PhotoFiles: Nebraskans tough it out during snowstorms through the years

  • Lincoln Journal Star
  • Dec 31, 2021
  • Dec 31, 2021 Updated Mar 25, 2024
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What will Lincoln look like tomorrow? Hopefully not this bad.

Check out archive photos of the blizzards from the bad ol' days.

Stuck

Stuck

A Lincoln man struggles to move his car as snow continues to fall during a blizzard in 1971.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Guaranteed Snow Day

Guaranteed Snow Day

Brothers stand on top of the 15- to 20-feet-tall snowdrifts in front of their buried house 15 miles south of Chadron. This blizzard happened in March of 1966.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Jammed

Jammed

Hundreds of cars and drivers were buried up to their axles in West Omaha after a blizzard dumped 11-16 inches of snow in 1975.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Mountains of Snow

Mountains of Snow

A mother and child and their truck are dwarfed by drifts more than 20 feet tall after the infamous Blizzard of 1949.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Drive Safe

Drive Safe

This snow-covered view of Lincoln in 1974 may be a somewhat familiar sight to residents after 8 inches of snow fell over the weekend.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Power Down

Power Down

Utility poles and lines near David City were toppled by an icy, windy storm in 1966.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Always Prepared

Always Prepared

A blizzard in 1978 may have ruined their fun, but the Boy Scouts of Troop #213, Chadron, sure had their skills tested when snow struck their camping trip at Fort Robinson State Park.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Cooped Up

Cooped Up

A farmer had to dig through scores of feet of snow in order to feed his chickens after the Blizzard of 1949. The coop was completely submerged in snow.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

I Thought I Could

I Thought I Could

Dozens of workers attempt to dig out a steam train stuck on the tracks after the Blizzard of 1912, putting the unshoveled sidewalks and driveways of more than a century later into sharp perspective.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Loading Up

Loading Up

Army National Guardsmen of the 24th Medical Co. prepare to leave Lincoln for a relief mission in western Nebraska. The area was hit hard and isolated by a blizzard in 1975.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Field Rations

Field Rations

The isolation of several rural communities after the Blizzard of 1949 was so bad the army had to be called in to deliver food in all-terrain, tracked vehicles.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Delivery Driver

Delivery Driver

A boy and his dog are thankful for food delivered by the army after the Blizzard of 1949.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo

Special Delivery

Special Delivery

Civilian pilots deliver food to rural residents near Curtis after the Blizzard of 1949. Several rural communities were completely isolated for several days after the infamous storm.

Lincoln Journal Star file photo
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