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Dr. Preheim to speak at annual Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association meeting

The January 12, 1888, blizzard will be the focus for Lois Preheim, author and educator, who will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association. Her book, “Trailing the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard”, chronicles experiences of families living in ten locations along the storm’s route extending from Canada down through the United States and resulting in the death of five Swiss Mennonite school children in the Freeman South Dakota area.

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