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OUT OF THE MORGUE
The 1938 blizzard that inspired a young man who eventually changed the world
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Outside the offices of the Great Bend Tribune, drifts were pretty high for in-town. Snowdrifts five and six feet were common in the business district, not only in the streets but also on the sidewalks, the Tribune reported. Bob Smith, janitor for some of the business houses on Forest Avenue, was out battling the drifts at daybreak but was having little success, due to the fact that the strong wind was filling up walking spaces soon after he had made them. - photo by photo courtesy of the Barton County Historical Society Museum
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.