Historical Marker

Sibley Trail

Historical marker location:
Tappen, North Dakota
( Memorial can be reached from 30th Street Southeast near 39th Avenue Southeast.)

McPhaill’s Butte. July 24, 1863.

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.
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