"Death on the Prairies:The Murderous Blizzard of 1888"
This story is also known as The Schoolhouse Blizzard due to the blizzard
that hit on January 12,1888 in the Dakota and Nebraska area. There were more than 100 million
people of all races moving to Dakota and Nebraska. Because of the Homestead Act of 1862 had
promised 160 acres of free land to any citizen who lived on and improved the land for five years.
The blizzard killed 250-500 people. Of those people killed was mainly children that had been dismiss
ed from the schoolhouse early due to the first signs of bad weather. The families of that area had
battled bad weather conditions. The weather was some what warm for the month of January and most
of the people either
This story is also known as The Schoolhouse Blizzard due to the blizzard
that hit on January 12,1888 in the Dakota and Nebraska area. There were more than 100 million
people of all races moving to Dakota and Nebraska. Because of the Homestead Act of 1862 had
promised 160 acres of free land to any citizen who lived on and improved the land for five years.
The blizzard killed 250-500 people. Of those people killed was mainly children that had been dismiss
ed from the schoolhouse early due to the first signs of bad weather. The families of that area had
battled bad weather conditions. The weather was some what warm for the month of January and most
of the people either