Photos from the Flint Photography Collection: Blizzard of '49
Courtesy of Library Archives, 06/30/2023
Large snowdrift near the Nebraska-Wyoming line east of Lusk, Wyoming, phone lines covered with snow. Long cut in deep snowdrift east on Hiway 20, Lusk, WyomingSnowbound-Hiway U.S. 20 west of Lusk, Wyoming, looking toward Manville, WyomingSnowbound truck after blizzard and strong winds south of Lusk, WyomingRailroad being opened near Node approximately 10 miles east of Lusk, Wyoming by railroad snowplow Rotary snowplow clearing hiways after blizzard, January '49Snowplow clearing streets after blizzard of '49, Lusk, WyomingResidential, Lusk, WyomingLusk Cabin Camp, West 3rd Street3rd Street and Diamond Avenue, Lusk, Wyoming, after the storm Main Street, Lusk WyomingMain Street, snowdrift on sidewalkMain StreetMain StreetMain Street75 mile an hour winds, drifted snow down this fence for 100 yards100 yard drift along snow fenceFrozen calves, Van Tassell, Wyoming, approximately 150 perished in this spot