BISMARCK — On March 15 and 16, 1920, a severe blizzard swept across the state of North Dakota. Residents were pounded with high winds and blinding snow. Tragically, the blizzard killed 34 individuals, including four brothers in the Minot area.

After the storm subsided, communities across the state came together to mourn those lost before returning to their often harsh lives on the prairie.

Over one hundred years later, only stories of the Great Blizzard of 1920 remain. Of all the stories to come from that fateful blizzard, one stood out in the national ethos: the heroic story of 15-year-old Hazel Miner, who sacrificed her life during the blizzard to save her two younger siblings, Emmet, 10, and Myrdith, 8.

Hazel’s tale of heroism swept the nation, prompting countless articles, a child

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