Blast from the past: Omaha District supports emergency response in Blizzard of 1949
A road located near a farm in Holt County, Nebraska that was cleared during the winter storms of 1948-49. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led Operation Snowbound alongside the Army and Air Force to clear more than 115,000 miles of roads, reconnect nearly 244,000 people, and deliver food and hay to 3.5 million animals during Blizzard of 1949 emergency response operations. (Image courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society)