A fast-moving storm system turned a mild winter day into a tragedy. Here's why the timing made all the difference.

I realize the importance of that experience because this was something the pioneers experienced. I realize the importance of ...

Minnie Freeman and her students in front of their sod schoolhouse. Freeman was a 19-year-old teacher at the schoolhouse about six miles south of Ord, Nebraska, in an area known as Mira Valley. She ...

Jan. 12, 1888 - On Jan. 12, 1888, a blizzard hit the state, lasting from 12 to 18 hours over much of the area.

"The Children's Blizzard" by David Laskin, HarperCollins, 307 pages, $24.95. Walk down the Great Hall of Nebraska's State Capitol, heading for the Rotunda. Look up at the giant murals. Look ...

The week before, they’d been isolated when a snowstorm and cold temperatures forced everyone to stay inside. But that morning Gerta, the young teacher who boarded at the Pedersen’s house, and her ...