Amazing America Kevin Kotwas looks at the worst storm ever in the United States, the "Great Blizzard of 1888." ...

Piano maker William Steinway woke up on March 12, 1888, and discovered "the most fearful snowstorm . . . I ever experienced" had buried New York City. Before the day had ended, he wrote in his diary, ...

While many of us are enjoying the above-average warmth Mother Nature has sent our way, this day 138 years ago was quite a different story for those in the Northern Plains. On Jan. 12, 1888, a brutal ...

Last week was the anniversary of many famous blizzards that have struck the Great Plains in the past 150 years. These include the "Pioneer Blizzard" of Jan. 10, 1873, the "Children's Blizzard" of Jan.

“Unseasonably mild and clearing,” was the weather forecast going into the Ides of March back in the year of 1888. And it was true, as temperatures hovered in the 40s and 50s along the East Coast.

“The department of the public works have over 100 teams at work removing snow from the streets to-day. … To-day the teams are at work in Chapel and Church streets. The city is paying $5 per day for ...