A snow drift on the Ryan farm in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, looms over one of the Ryan children standing in front of an outbuilding. A corn crib appears in the background.
Sue and Ruth Ann Ryan negotiate gigantic snowdrifts after a snowstorm on their farm in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, about 1950. The family took a sled across country to the Sheridan store to buy groceries as all of the roads were blocked. The snow was so deep that one could walk over the fences.
