That would be 1888! It’s been 135 years since that “Great Blizzard” and was one of the most severe storms recorded in American history. A weather event so fierce that it’s still a storm by which other East Coast storms are measured.

I’ve always had a great fear of freezing to death. I don’t know where that fear came from, seeing that I was born in Hawaii and was raised in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. Today I live in the panhandle of Idaho, and have plenty of time to get some scrapbooking done during the snowy winters.

You can read the 1988 Reader’s Digest article “The Great Blizzard of ’88”, below by hovering over it and clicking to turn the pages.

All the clippings were gathered by my Aunt Joan, she is the one who inspired me to continue sharing the stories of our families past.

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