The front page of the January 16, 1975 Spirit Lake Beacon Community History Archive (dickinson.advantage-preservation.com) Dickinson County is uncovering and stories are unfolding from the worst blizzard to hit the area in at least 35 years. Frank Schierholt and Monte Baker brought her into the Clayton Arnold home in the height of the storm on Saturday night, which was the first one they could find fumbling around in the dark, then they had to drag her on her back through the snow into the house as it was impossible for her to walk in the deep snow.The other side of the lake around the country club was without power during the same period and many of the homes got down to below freezing breaking the water pipes and causing considerable damage. They then spent the time in the basement under mattresses and in snowmobile suits to live it out, with the temperature getting down to 19 degrees in the house.The Stan Johnson residence became fully occupied with 19 people spending the duration at his place. Visibility was zero for most of ‘the period with electrical outages reported all around Lake Park, while the lights only flickered a time or two in town, the rural areas and Ocheyedan, Harris, Melvin and the surrounding farms areas were without electricity from about 8:00 p.m. on Friday night until Sunday afternoon. 700 was the count loss by Tuesday noon in Dickinson County alone. Salt Crews Give Up As Blizzard Blows In. Though many believe that a blizzard just involves a heavy amounts of snow, this is not the case by definition.


The high winds were the main culprit in the considerable loss of livestock.The winds also caused widespread loss of electrical power in the area, and the loss of some telephone service was reported. Power company crews, aided by snowplows, reached critical substations and before noon most homes’ electricity had been restored, but residents on the west side of West Okoboji Lake were destined for another 24 hours of being “powerless.” They waited until Sunday a.m. for electricity.The first hint of the blizzard subsiding came Saturday night when the snow stopped and the winds dropped to 15 mph—visibility increased to 1/16th of a mile. One quick thinker on the other side of the lake poured whiskey in the toilet bowels so they wouldn’t freeze. Manning the snowblower and shovels were Darrell Waite of Aurora, Colo., an employee of Western Electric, Roger Slingerland of Estherville, an employee of the Spirit Lake Beacon, Milo Stevens of the Estherville Daily News staff, who also did not make it out of Spirit Lake Friday afternoon, and others.By Sunday noon some of the men were able to walk to a store and purchase TV dinners which were prepared for 10 still stranded at the motet and Sunday evening the Drawbaughs entertained 11 for hamburgers.Bub Glynn of Chicago, a driver for the C.W. Their cozy homes became cold homes. PHIL JOHNSON/THE WORLD-HERALD You must be a full digital subscriber to read this article. Get this from a library!

Some of the drifts they have been going through you wouldn’t believe using a combination of plow and payloader to make one way paths through the bigger drifts.The storm that started out to be a mild one, with a prediction of 3 to 4 inches of snow and 40 mile an hour winds really started to build up with barometer dropping to the lowest reading in history for the area. There were numerous reports of cattle breaking out of shelters and out into the storm after they were apparently spooked by the blizzard.Other type of livestock were also reported to have been lost to the storm.The USDA Emergency Board convened on Sunday evening to begin the task of surveying the losses and initiating action to get relief for the victimized farmers.The emergency board consists of: the three county supervisors, the three ASC committeemen, ASC manager Duane Curry, District SCS Conservationist Clarence Call, Dickinson County Extension Director Jim Yungelas, and FHA Office Manager Bob Snyder of Spencer.The emergency board will monitor the losses and may submit recommendations to the state that the area be declared a disaster area, which is the first step in opening the doors for financial assistance from the farmers Home Administration.Gov. Blizzard Is An Iowa Word JANUARY 16, 1975.

Snowmobilers aided in the roundup of the cattle, but not before many perished.As drifts built up over fences and winds grew in intensity, cattle apparently moved with the wind over fences and scattered about blindly seeking shelter.

About mid-morning, tiny flakes of snow started dropping and the wind increased-still no indication to unsuspecting residents of what was to come.By noon, the white stuff became heavier (and more of it) and it was being whipped even farther and faster from the north-northwest; Schools were dismissed and residents began converging on grocery stores to replenish food stores, preparing for a possible one day incarceration in their homes.It was early Friday afternoon that the ever-increasing storm, began to strangle the area.

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