The school children’s blizzard of 1888

It’s the Story
  • The school children’s blizzard of 1888
    The school children’s blizzard of 1888
  • Avis Dopp became a teacher at the Table Rock School. Here she is on the very far left in 1894, only a few years after her blizzard experience.
    Avis Dopp became a teacher at the Table Rock School. Here she is on the very far left in 1894, only a few years after her blizzard experience.
  • The school children’s blizzard of 1888
    The school children’s blizzard of 1888

    Part 1 of a 3 part series 

    Don’t you just love a good story? 

    Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

    Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

    Let’s say it’s the morning of January 13, 1888. It’s 20 degrees below zero. The towering snow drifts from a storm the day before won’t melt for months. If you were the parent of a country school student who hadn…