Do you remember the Chicago Snow Storm January 26, 1967? When 23 inches of snow fell on Chicago in less than a day and a half in the late winter of 1967 it not only paralyzed the economic life of a great city, but also stopped grandpa cold in his tracts in his boats about the horrible winters he endured as a boy. Weather Bureau records showed definitely that there had been no such snow for more than 80 years. The preceding extraction was printed in the January 28, 1968 issue of The Illinois Intelligencer as part of Illinois' Sesquicentennial Celebration. http://www.illinoishistory.com/deepsnow.htm Pictures and related stories about the storm: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/witnesses.htm http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00953.htm South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society is looking for stories about the storm of 1967 to include in an upcoming publication. Where were you forty years ago on January 26, 1967? Write a short paragraph or two about the Snow Storm that hit the Midwest and what you did or what happened to your family on that day. Include your name (maiden name), where you lived then and where you live now. Anyone have a photo you can share? It's easy and fun! Have a part of your family history preserved. Start today by answering these basic questions. Who, what, where, when and how. Then make it into a short story. Don't worry about grammar or spelling, we'll fix that part. Please submit your story and pictures by the end of March 2007 directly to: SSGHS@USA.NET Thank you! South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society /Serving south Cook and east Will counties, Illinois / / including Chicago's Roseland and Pullman neighborhoods/ South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society Web Site <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Essghs>

I have the color section from the Chicago Sunday Tribune with pictures and write-up about it. On the front is a picture of State St absolutely empty of cars, people, birds (yes even pigeons). I remember it well. Char ----- Original Message ----- From: "South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society" <ssghs@usa.net> To: <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Where were you January 26, 1967? > Do you remember the Chicago Snow Storm January 26, 1967? > > When 23 inches of snow fell on Chicago in less than a day and a half in > the late winter of 1967 it not only paralyzed the economic life of a > great city, but also stopped grandpa cold in his tracts in his boats > about the horrible winters he endured as a boy. Weather Bureau records > showed definitely that there had been no such snow for more than 80 years. > The preceding extraction was printed in the January 28, 1968 issue of > The Illinois Intelligencer as part of Illinois' Sesquicentennial > Celebration. > http://www.illinoishistory.com/deepsnow.htm > > Pictures and related stories about the storm: > http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/witnesses.htm > http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html > http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00953.htm > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society is looking for stories > about the storm of 1967 to include in an upcoming publication. > > Where were you forty years ago on January 26, 1967? Write a short > paragraph or two about the Snow Storm that hit the Midwest and what you > did or what happened to your family on that day. Include your name > (maiden name), where you lived then and where you live now. Anyone have > a photo you can share? > It's easy and fun! Have a part of your family history preserved. > > Start today by answering these basic questions. Who, what, where, when > and how. Then make it into a short story. Don't worry about grammar or > spelling, we'll fix that part. > > Please submit your story and pictures by the end of March 2007 directly > to: > SSGHS@USA.NET > > Thank you! > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society > /Serving south Cook and east Will counties, > Illinois / > / including Chicago's Roseland and Pullman > neighborhoods/ > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society Web Site > <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Essghs> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >