Title:
Letter to Frank Pilger from Horace Davis, January 12, 1942
Record Group Number:
RG3658.AM
Collection:
January 12, 1888 Blizzard Club
Location:
HQ 02/22/07/03
Box:
Box 2
Folder:
Folder 9
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Creator:
Davis, Horace M.
Contributor:
Pilger, Frank
Date:
1942-01-12
Description:
Letter to Frank Pilger from Horace Davis, with a handwritten note. The Davis family was visiting relatives near North Loup when the January 12, 1888 blizzard hit. Davis also disputes popular accounts about schoolteacher Minnie Freeman.
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Blizzards
Subject (Topics) :
Reminiscing
Subject (Topics) :
Livestock--losses
Subject (Topics) :
Teachers
Source (Names):
Freeman, Minnie
Source (Names):
Penney, Mrs. Edgar B.
Source (Names):
Terry, Solon
Source (Places):
North Loup (Neb.)
Source (Places):
Greeley County (Neb.)
Source (Events):
Children's Blizzard of 1888
Source (Temporal):
1940s
Source (Temporal):
1880s
Format-Extent:
2 pages
Format-Medium:
correspondence
Format-Medium:
reminiscences
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2021-06-17
Identifier:
RG3658b002f009i0008-0009