Article
Snowball Special Rescues Hilltopper Basketball Fans
WKU Spirit
(2011)
Abstract
In March 1960, hundreds of Hilltopper basketball fans had a memorable trip home from a game in Lexington, Kentucky, when a snowstorm stranded them near Elizabethtown and prompted a rescue mission by the L&N Railroad. This article appeared as a “Moment in History” feature in WKU Spirit, Winter 2011, pp. 54-55.
Keywords
- Snowball Special,
- Kentucky snowstorms,
- L&N,
- Pan American
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter 2011
Citation Information
Lynn E. Niedermeier. "Snowball Special Rescues Hilltopper Basketball Fans" WKU Spirit (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lynn_niedermeier/46/