SNOW AND ICE IN MEMPHIS THROUGH THE YEARS

25 years ago — 1998

It might not be a bad idea to steer clear of the Midsouth Fairgrounds the last weekend of April. That is, unless you’re headed for the Mid-south Music Festival, the final game of the Memphis Redbirds first homestand, Libertyland’s season opener, the March of Dimes Walk America fundraiser, a cat show or a gem and mineral show.

50 years ago — 1973

United States officials indicated today that the first group of American prisoners of war held in jungles along the South Vietnam-cambodia border would be released this week in the An Loc area, 60 miles north of Saigon and 10 miles from the nearest point on the Cambodian border.

75 years ago — 1948

NEW YORK – The Freedom Train will interrupt its nationwide tour March 1 to undergo an overhauling and repair job. The American Heritage Foundation, sponsor of the train carrying priceless American documents, announced Wednesday night the train will be laid up for one week at San Bernardino, Calif. The tour then will be resumed.

100 years ago — 1923

Cold winds whistled around Memphis all day yesterday as the thermometer hovered around 16 degrees from 7 until 12 o’clock in the morning as the city greeted the coldest day in three years. No serious damage was reported, either from suffering or property damage from the wind.

125 years ago — 1898

Chief of Police Richards yesterday went on record on the question as to whether “grafters,” tin-horn gamblers and hobos are to have unlicensed sway or are to be forced to either seek some legitimate means of earning a livelihood or to depart. All patrolmen and detectives have been instructed to hold up characters of this description and to offer them the alternative of accepting conditions proposed or leaving town.

Jan. 16, 2018: Anthony Dinolfo and Teri Stoerger, along with her dog, Oskie, walk in the snow as they pass Marcellous Lovelace's "I Am A Man" mural on South Main Street. "I just love this weather," Stoerger said. "It's nice and cold and there's beautiful snow, you can play in it — it's great.”

March 5, 2015: Leah Keys flies down the hill at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park, cutting off son Hopper Harmon. The popular hill was packed with families enjoying the winter weather and snow day from school.

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL FILE PHOTOS Jan. 31, 2010: Jason Jenkins and his son, Jordan Jenkins, 3, try to make a little snowman at Shelby Farms.

Jan. 30, 2010: Leslie Thomas, 13, struggles to cross iced-over Goodloe as friends taunt her in South Memphis