Hazel Miner

Deceased Person

1904 – 1920

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Who was Hazel Miner?

Hazel Dulcie Miner, a student at a rural Great Plains one-room school, died while protecting her 10-year-old brother, Emmet, and 8-year-old sister, Myrdith, from the spring blizzard of 1920 in Center, Oliver County, North Dakota.

After her death, she became a national American heroine. Her actions were celebrated in a folk ballad and were published in many newspaper and magazine articles in the subsequent decades.

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Born
Apr 11, 1904
Sanger
Lived in
  • North Dakota
Died
Mar 16, 1920
Center

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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