An Ice Union of Two Cities – Nebraska State Historical Society

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With temperatures across the state near, or above 100 degrees this week, its nice to think of a cooler time in Nebraska’s history. For example, the blizzard of January 1888, when the cities of Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa were connected by a frozen Missouri River.

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