Historical Marker
Gasoline Horsepower
Historical marker location:
Fargo, North Dakota
( Marker is on U.S. 10.)
Marker installed: 2004
North Dakota was the site of one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history, the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888. The storm struck without warning and claimed the lives of more than 200 people, many of whom were schoolchildren caught in the blizzard on their way home from school.