Neighbors Laughed at His Double Roof — Until the Worst Blizzard in a Decade Left His Barn 57° Warmer

Описание: In the brutal winter of 1898, a Carpathian immigrant named August Kellner did something no one in Yellowstone County, Montana had ever seen. He built a second roof over his barn. Neighbors laughed. The dry goods store owner told people at church that the cold had rotted his thinking. His closest neighbor Dolph Haugen called it from horseback: "You'll think yourself right into the grave." Then January came. For three days, the worst blizzard in a decade hammered eastern Montana. Temperatures dropped to 51 below zero. Winds hit 60 miles an hour. Four farms lost cattle. The Petersen family lost seven animals. The Olsen family lost everything. Haugen lost three cattle and a horse. August Kellner lost nothing. Inside his barn, while the storm raged at −51°F outside, the temperature held at 6 degrees above zero. A gap of 57 degrees — maintained by a double roof, packed prairie grass, salvaged tin baffles, and river stones buried two feet under the barn floor. Total cost of materials: $23.This is the story of what August built, why it worked, and what happened when his neighbors finally came to the fence to ask.🔔 Subscribe for more forgotten frontier survival stories every week.

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