An Irish immigrant family that had only been in Dakota Territory for a few months suffers unbearable loss when on an unseasonably warm winters day turns into a 3 day blizzard in January of 1873.
Those who live in Sioux Falls in modern day know that our weather can turn on a dime, but take yourself back to the pioneer days when there was no meteorologist to warn you of a dangerous storm rolling in.
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This Day in Weather History: January 7th\
1873 Blizzard Historical Marker (hmdb.org)
Famous winter storms | Minnesota DNR (state.mn.us)
History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota - Google Books
The Children's Blizzard - By David Laskin (paperback) : Target
