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Photograph of Deputy Game Warden Orville Mayer dropping off hay to deer herds, east of Casper Mountain. In January 1949, one of the worst recorded blizzards in southeastern Wyoming buried many areas in and between Casper, Douglas, Laramie, and…

No1 water pump house - lightning strike

Photograph of the Casper Air Base tower. 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. Large numbers of wild and stock…

No1 water pump house - lightning strike

Dismantling the smokestack of No2 boiler house

Photograph of an Air Force crew assigned to dropping hay for the night for Milt Coffman. 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…

Dismantling the smokestack of No2 boiler house

Dismantling the smokestack of No2 boiler house

Dismantling the smokestack of No2 boiler house

Photograph of "Refueling Operation Haylift." U.S. Air Force C-46's, the workhorse of the 1949 blizzard, dropped tons of hay brought into Wyoming from La Junta, Colorado, and other southern states. Snow plows had to continually plow the runways at…