The Great Blizzard of 1888, often referred to as “The White Hurricane,” is a weather phenomenon that continues to captivate historians, meteorologists, and weather enthusiasts alike.

And the snow. The official snowfall measuremenet for Hartford was a mere 19 inches, but that was taken at Trinity College, where the howling winds of the Blizzard of 1888 were hurling the snow ...

A sudden, fierce blizzard slashed across Nebraska 137 years ago today. Sheritha Jones, World-Herald historian The blizzard was driven by a howling northwest wind that swept across the Great Plains ...

A storm that similarly masqueraded itself was the Blizzard of 1888 — March 12-14 — that ... it made its way over the Rockies and across the Great Plains. The storm’s two low-pressure centers ...

Beginning March 12, 1888, a destructive blizzard known as the "Great White Hurricane" buried the Northeast with up to 50 inches of snow over the course of three unrelenting days. When the great ...

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In the end, nearly 400 people died during the Great Blizzard of 1888, including 200 in New York City. Communications, commerce and travel were interrupted for days. The story ended well for Mr ...

Learn about the Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the fiercest East Coast storms ever recorded. As railroads drove western expansion, Buffalo Bill brought Wild West shows back east, hiring displaced ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — More than a century ...

Piano maker William Steinway woke up on March 12, 1888, and discovered "the most fearful snowstorm ... of habitation," according to the comprehensive 1987 book Blizzard! The Great Storm of '88 by Judd ...