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Witness Account in Fortier
- When
- 12 January 1888
- Where
- Fortier
Carl Saltee, a teenage Norwegian immigrant in Fortier, Minnesota, recalled the sudden shift from warm weather to a dark, heavy wall of storm on January 12, 1888.
Saltee remembered that on the 12th of January 1888, it was so warm it melted snow and ice from the window until after 1 p.m. By 3:30 p.m., a dark and heavy wall built up around the northwest, coming fast like a shot.
Sources
- Schoolhouse Blizzard Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-29
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