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* Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888, North American Great Plains
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Schoolhouse and Blizzard
* 1887 – 1888, there were record cold temperatures in the Upper Midwest, heavy snowfalls worldwide, and amazing storms, including the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 ( in the Midwest in January ), and the Great Blizzard of 1888 ( in the Eastern US and Canada in March ).
* January 12 – Blizzards ( see: Schoolhouse Blizzard ) hit Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of whom are children on their way home from school.
The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, or Children's Blizzard, hit the U. S. plains states on January 12, 1888.
* Ted Kooser, Nebraska poet, has recorded many of the stories of the Schoolhouse Blizzard in his book of poetry " The Blizzard Voices.
* In 1967, a haunting Venetian glass mural of The Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 by Jeanne Reynal was installed on the west wall of the north bay in the Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska for the 1967 Centennial Celebration.
Schoolhouse and 1888
Schoolhouse and North
* Nevada City Storytelling Festival — Located at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center in nearby North Columbia the festival has attracted major national and regional storytellers since 1985.
In 1896, three Tennessee evangelists ( William Martin, Joe M. Tipton, and Milton McNabb ) with links to Benjamin H. Irwin's Fire-Baptized Holiness Church brought the message of entire sanctification to the western North Carolina countryside when they held a revival in the Schearer Schoolhouse near Camp Creek in Cherokee County.
The Shearer Schoolhouse Revival was a religious phenomenon that occurred during a series of meetings conducted in the summer of 1896 in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.
There are also two parks: one in the middle of the island known as Schoolhouse Park, and the other, Young ’ s Park, located on North Beach near The Guemes Island Resort.
Schoolhouse and American
A baseball field behind the Old Schoolhouse Restaurant has been redeveloped, and is currently used for the Stuarts Draft Diamondbacks, a county league team, and for younger American Legion baseball teams.
The general perception of its process and effects can be summed up in " The Great American Melting Pot " song from Schoolhouse Rock !.
* Music and lyrics for " Interplanet Janet ", " No More Kings ", " The Preamble ", " The Great American Melting Pot ", " A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing ", and many others, contributions to Schoolhouse Rock!
* Jack Sheldon, an American Bebop and West Coast jazz Trumpeter on The Merv Griffin Show, as well as the voice heard on several episodes of the educational music television series Schoolhouse Rock.
Blizzard and 1888
* 1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
During the Great Blizzard of 1888, this system was used to send and receive wireless messages from trains buried in snowdrifts, perhaps the first successful use of wireless telegraphy to send distress calls.
* 1888: Infrastructure reform movements begin when many cities are devastated by the Great Blizzard of ' 88.
* March 12 – 13, 1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888, or " White Hurricane ", paralyzes the Eastern seaboard from Maryland to Maine ; in New York City causing temperatures to fall as much as 60 degrees.
The Great Blizzard of 1888 or Great Blizzard of ' 88 ( March 11 – March 14, 1888 ) was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States.
File: Blizzard 1888 Grand Central NY. jpg | 45th Street and Grand Central Depot, Manhattan, March 12
* G. J. Christiano, " The Blizzard of 1888 ; the Impact of this Devastating Storm on New York Transit " Accessed April 17, 2012
Blizzard and North
* The 1993 Rugrats episode, " The Blizzard ", featured an attempt by the babies to reach the " North Pole " in their back yard, aided by " Angelinook of the North ".
The Blizzard of 1993 dumped over of snow in under 24 hours, and the First North American blizzard of 2010 ( locally known as " Snowpocalypse " and " Snowmageddon ") dumped nearly of snow in less than 24 hours.
* February 12 – February 14 – Great Blizzard of 1899: Freezing temperatures and snow extend well south into North America, including southern Florida.
The Alexandria Blizzard are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's central division.
Best also played in the Dutch Eredivisie for Feyenoord and in the United States for Tampa Bay Rowdies, Toronto Blizzard and Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League.
While a typical nor ' easter brings steady snow for six to twelve hours, the Blizzard of ' 78 brought heavy snow for an unprecedented full 33 hours as it was blocked from heading into the North Atlantic by the strong Canadian high pressure area.
Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive during the January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm | Groundhog Day Blizzard in 2011
Flagship Studios was a computer game company founded by Bill Roper along with Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik, the original developers of Diablo and former high level Blizzard North executives.
The core personnel of Flagship Studios had been collaborating as a team since 1993 when they founded Condor Studios ( later bought out and renamed Blizzard North ) and in addition to the Diablo franchise many were key high level executives in the development of Warcraft, StarCraft, and World of Warcraft.
Flagship Studios was formed following the resignation en masse of Blizzard North management following a dispute with Blizzard Entertainment parent company Vivendi regarding the potential fate of the company, development team, and titles, which were in doubt at that time.
However on June 30, 2003, several key employees left Blizzard North to form the new companies Flagship Studios ( 8 moved here including Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, David Brevik and Bill Roper ) and Castaway Entertainment ( 9 moved here ).
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