By all accounts the blizzard of 1949 was a history maker and a monster. For a young teacher in her first year in Kimball, January 1949 offered the opportunity to learn.
That young teacher, Dorothy Christiansen, lived with the Lewellen family while in Kimball, though her home was in Wheatland, Wyo. at the time.
She recalled going home for a visit and was returning to Kimball for the start of classes in the new year.
"I went to Cheyenne early and had stayed on with some friends," Christiansen recalled. "They took me down to the bus at 2 p.m., when it left from Cheyenne to Kimball."
She left Chey...