Hazel Dulcie Miner (April 11, 1904 - March 16, 1920), the daughter of a North Dakota farmer and a student at a one-room school, died saving her 10-year-old brother, Emmet, and 8-year-old sister, Myrdith, during a spring blizzard in Center, Oliver County, North Dakota. After her death, she became a national heroine. Her actions have been celebrated in a folk ballad and in newspaper and magazine articles for nearly 90 years. Wikipedia
March 16, 1920: There were 34 deaths in this storm, including Hazel Miner, who lost her way home from school near Center, N.D. She covered her younger brother and sister with her body, and the pair survived. www.prairiepublic.org/features/riverwatch/news/herald/03_...
I learned a little about Hazel Miner, a state and "national hero", who died March 16, 1920 from a sudden blizzard. genforum.genealogy.com/nd/messages/5139.html
Also in 1952, he was commissioned by the Ford Motor Company to paint two scenes of the story of Hazel Miner. www.state.nd.us/arts/artist_archive/H/Halvorson_Elmer.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Hazel Miner. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Miner
