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Fred Furhmann of Norfolk, Neb., delivered groceries for Nash Finch Co., a wholesale grocery company. His territory covered west and north to Butte, Neb., and almost to Valentine, Neb. The truck was refrigerated as he sometimes transported ice cream. Here, Furhmann was driving between snow drifts on Highway 281 between Spencer, Neb., and O’Neill, Neb., on Feb. 7, 1949, trying to get back home.