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\ 

History of Dakota Territory : Kingsbury, George W. (George Washington), 1837-1925 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 

Almost Saved, But Lost: The January 1873 Blizzard - Renville County Historical Society and Museum (renvillecountyhistory.com) 

1873 Blizzard Historical Marker (hmdb.org) 

Famous winter storms | Minnesota DNR (state.mn.us) 

History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota - Google Books 

Amazon.com: The Beautiful Snow: The Ingalls Family, the Railroads, and the Hard Winter of 1880-81: 9781643439051: Cindy Wilson, Margarita Sikorskaia;Margarita Sikorskaia, Margarita Sikorskaia;Margarita Sikorskaia: Books 

The Children's Blizzard - By David Laskin (paperback) : Target