From the Graham Sesquicentennial edition, published in The Alamance News, April 19, 2001:
[Many long-time Graham residents insist that the snow of January 23, 1940 still holds the record for the heaviest snow to hit the city. The following news account, with its original headline wording (above), from the Alamance County News and The Burlington Journal of January 25, 1940, outlines the 24-inch snowfall and its effects on the community.]
By a blizzard and snow storm which was the worst in many years, Burlington and Alamance County were literally cut off from the outside world on Tuesday night. Mills, schools, trains, bus transportation, mails, highway traffic of private cars or trucks were all stopped in short order…