Skis, a weasel and a stuck plane: Crystal in February 1949
In the blizzard of mid-February 1949 a Rattlesnake rancher skied nine miles and telephoned that about 60 families had no new supplies, and a weasel brought a sick man out from Mercer Creek.
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In the blizzard of mid-February 1949 a Rattlesnake rancher skied nine miles and telephoned that about 60 families had no new supplies, and a weasel brought a sick man out from Mercer Creek.