Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be. The second week of April in 1938 brought to Great Bend and much of the rest of the state a mighty blizzard.
OUT OF THE MORGUE
The 1938 blizzard that inspired a young man who eventually changed the world