A picture is worth a thousand words: This iconic 1966 blizzard photo was taken near Linton, in south-central North Dakota. Pictured is Bill Koch, North Dakota DOT employee, standing next to a set of railroad telegraph poles. It was taken by fellow ND DOT employee Ernest Feland on March 9, 1966. Photo courtesy North Dakota State Historical Society/NOAA/NWS archives
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A FAMILIAR PLIGHT, which Langdon residents awoke to Saturday morning was that of finding their cars buried in large snowdrifts. Carlyle Hillstrom is shown here digging his car out in front of the Carl Wild residence. A snowdrift in the background is at roof-level at the John Hannesson residence along Eleventh Avenue. Cavalier County Republican photo / cutline from Thursday, March 10, 1966
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Blizzard of ‘66.
Mentioning the Blizzard of 1966 stirs memories for Ole Nowatzski, who was 29 years old at the time and working as a lineman for the local REA in Langdon and soon to become line superintendent. Sixty years later, he still measures every winter storm against that one.
“It was tough,” Nowatzki said while holding his cup of coffee at the Bread…