Historical Marker

Veteran's Memorial

Historical marker location:
501 Main Ave, Fairmount, North Dakota
( Marker is on Main Ave., 0.1 miles east of 4th St. N, on the left when traveling east.)

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.