Bethany, MO: The recent snowy days over the first three Sundays of April—including the 4½-inch snow on Easter Sunday—bring back memories of the blizzard that hit the county on April 9, 1973.–By Phil Conger
Operation hay drop: Volunteers gathers at Hatfield 45 years ago to load hay bales onto an Army National Guard helicopter after a blizzard hit Harrison County on April 9, 1973, killing thousands of farm animals.