A buried locomotive near Alliance, Nebraska. Snowfall amounts included 12.0" at Casper; 12.8" at Cheyenne; 15.4" at North Platte, NE;14.3" at Rapid City, SD; and, 13.1" at Scottsbluff, NE.
Source: Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Hat Creek Ranch, Wyoming
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Trucks carrying hay bales (Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Lusk, Wyoming
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Blizzard of 1949. Forest Service personnel and equipment helping open streets of Custer, S.D. Lloyd Zellhoefer, State Motor Patrolman. (Custer, South Dakota)
Source: Black Hills State University
Near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Goshen County, Wyoming
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Drifted snow in front of the Tribune Building on 17th Street (Cheyenne)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Snow drifts in front of the Old Post Office Building (Cheyenne)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Lusk, Wyoming
Source: Fort Caspar Museum
Cars traveling along Pershing Boulevard in Cheyenne when the blizzard hit January 2, 1949, were stopped in their tracks and held prisoner by the snow for days (Cheyenne)
Source: Fort Caspar Museum
Massive snow drifts covering the side of several houses up to their roofs (Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Wyoming State Highway Patrol car travels over U.S. 20 east of Lusk after the 1949 blizzard (Near Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Fort Caspar Museum
Two men shoveling out a Ford store and gas station, Conoco pump sticking out of the snow bank, wooden garage door in brick building behind them (Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Main Street during the Blizzard of 1949, snow drift burying the row of cars parked diagonally in front of the Golden Rule and Midwest Hardware, unidentified people standing on the drifts (Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
3rd Street and Diamond Avenue. Snow drifts in front of house (Lusk, Wyoming)
Source: Wyoming State Archives
Blizzard of 1949. Unidentified man stands on the shoveled sidewalk looking at the snow drift that he is eye level with. (Lusk, Wyoming)
