Historical Marker
Salem Sue
Historical marker location:
New Salem, North Dakota
( Marker can be reached from North Eighth Street.)
Marker installed: 1989
1889 1989.
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.