Blizzard 1888
1888 (Date published)
black and white
Exterior view of two men standing on two tall snowbanks on the left and right side of the photo. In the middle of the two snowbanks, one man is on horseback while two men and one child stand to the left of the horse while another man in a bowler hat standing on the right side of the horse standing between the snow mounds after the Blizzard of 1888. "The Blizzard of 1888 (March 11-15) suspended travel for days. Boats delivered newspapers to Southport because trains could not get through. Five feet of snow reportedly fell, but winds created drifts of 15 to 20 feet. John Henry Beach noted in his diary on Wednesday, March 14th, 'commence digging out. Turned out with 18 men to open the road got down as far as Sam. Beach ['s house] and gave up." This information was found in Images of America Fairfield Connecticut by Barbara Austen and Barbara Bryan.
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