The Night Niagara Falls Fell Silent (1848)
On March 29, 1848, an ice jam choked the Niagara River at its source, silencing the falls for 30 hours while astonished townsfolk walked the dry riverbed.
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The Great White Hurricane Strikes, March 11, 1888
On March 11, 1888, a mild spring day gave way to one of the deadliest blizzards in American history — a storm that buried cities, killed more than 400 people, and forced America to go underground.