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Texas Couple Frozen to Death on Pike’s Peak

In August 1911, a Texas couple set out to conquer one of America’s most famous mountains. What began as an ambitious afternoon hike up Pike’s…

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New Jersey Woman Blows Horn for Hours to Save Husband

In the winter of 1905, a blizzard could do more than bury roads. It could cut a family off from the world. Before telephones were…

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Christmas Blizzard Claimed Eleven Newfoundland Schooners and Sixty Lives

A catastrophic Christmas blizzard off the Newfoundland coast had claimed eleven schooners and sixty lives, marking it one of the worst storms in many years….

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