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  • Collection: Blizzard of 1949 - Casper Army Air Base Operations Photographs

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_70.jpg
Photograph of a convoy led by an Army bulldozer (not pictured) hauling food, fuel, and hay down Brooks Road. The trip took two days out and two days back. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_69.jpg
Photograph of a convoy led by an Army bulldozer (not pictured) hauling food, fuel, and hay down Brooks Road. The trip took two days out and two days back. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_68.jpg
Photograph of a convoy, one of hundreds, led by an Army bulldozer struggling down the drift-choked Brooks Road to bring food an fuel for both men and animals on ranches marooned by the blizzard. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_67.jpg
Photograph of a rotary plow attempting to keep the Casper Air Base clear. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and between Casper, Douglas, Laramie, and Cheyenne in 10-12 feet of snow.…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_66.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_65.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_64.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_63.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_62.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…

NCA 01.v.1998.01_Blizzard1949_61.jpg
Photograph of "Pilots of the Storm," Army engineers on a bulldozer trying to break through 35-40 foot snow drifts in 32 below zero on Brooks Road. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and…
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