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Nebraska Outback: History
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Thursday, November 15, 2012. I can't thank the folks who went to so much trouble to edit these books enough. And those who took the time to write the stories of their personal families and submit them. They are treasure troves of local history. I hope you will find these as fascinating and thought-provoking as I do. To give credit where credit is due, here are the folks who worked so hard to make these books possible:. Writers: Marilyn Humphre...
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Nebraska Outback: August 2015
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Sunday Stories: Ernest and Cora Danielson. Excerpted from the Sutherland Centennial 1891 – 1991, published in 1991. Later in his teens he returned to Sutherland and joined his father in the carpentry business. Through the years Ernest helped to build the Lutheran Church, the Methodist Church, the High School, the Hospital, several family homes in the area and a home for the family on Pine Street. Through all these hard...
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Nebraska Outback: December 2014
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Looking Forward, Looking Backward. My New Years resolution for 2014 was to have more adventures, and I'm pretty sure that I accomplished my goal! January of 2014 started off mile for winter in Nebraska, and my year started off with a walk around the Sutherland Reservoir Wall and thinking about what the year would bring. That explains a lot! Summer always brings more "doing" and less "telling". We are busy havi...
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Nebraska Outback: Know Nebraska: Chimney Rock
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Know Nebraska: Chimney Rock. If you are roadtripping anywhere in western Nebraska, a detour and a stop at Chimney Rock. Is a must. There is no more iconic symbol of Nebraska (I rank it even higher than Memorial Stadium and the Sower on top of the capitol! To see it is easy – take Highway 26 east from Scottsbluff. Or west from Bridgeport. Other sites are managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. If you look cl...
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Nebraska Outback: April 2015
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Sunday Stories: J. Ray and Margaret King. Excerpted from the Sutherland Centennial 1891 – 1991, published in 1991. J Ray and Margaret King. Margaret remained on the farm for three more years, and then retired, moved to North Platte. The Nebraska Farmer magazine had nominated J. Ray for the honor of being the best Nebraska farmer in 1941. Margaret helped start 4-H in Sutherland in 1945, and was...
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Nebraska Outback: May 2015
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Sunday Stories: Buffalo on His Range is Nothing New to Bert Snyder. One of the challenges of trying to piece together cohesive family stories from the local history books is that you find them in lots of different places throughout the books! I came across this retelling of a story first appearing in the local Tryon newspaper in 1936. Excerpted from the McPherson County: Facts, Families, Fiction; Established in 1890.
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Nebraska Outback: Sunday Stories: Skip and Anita Elfeldt
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Sunday Stories: Skip and Anita Elfeldt. I have been sharing with you the family stories of the AB Bert Snyder family. Bert and Grace Snyder's daughter Alberta "Bertie" married Glenn Elfeldt of Sutherland. Their son, "Skip" was chosen as the Grand Marshall of the Sutherland 4th of July Parade this past week. Anita said that after she had her children, she always thought she might go back to teaching, but never did. Skip a...
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Nebraska Outback: Know Nebraska: Dobby's Frontier Town
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Know Nebraska: Dobby's Frontier Town. Nebraska is full of unique attractions, and Dobby's Frontier Town. In Alliance, ranks right up there at the top. When you're from a state rich in natural beauty, important history and western heritage, yet lacking the signature "mountains or beaches" that constitutes, in the minds of some, a destination, you get very creative in celebrating what you have. There is a straw bale ho...
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Nebraska Outback: February 2015
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Wildlife Wednesday - cruel Mother Nature - caution, graphic content! On a recent driveabout, we came across a sad sight by the side of the road. This porcupine got caught in the Y of a tree and couldn't get out. Sadly, life and death is in the nature of things, and this porcupine met his demise before his time. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Sunday Stories: Alva and Opal Harshfield. Alva and Opal Harshfield. During th...
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Nebraska Outback: Sunday Stories: William F. Elfeldt
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Celebrating everything wonderful about calling Nebraska home. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Sunday Stories: William F. Elfeldt. In recounting the history of the Snyder family in Lincoln and McPherson counties, I touched on the Elfeldt family, as one daughter, Alberta "Bertie", married Sutherland's Glenn Elfeldt and they made their home here their entire lives. That prompted this series recounting the origins of the Elfeldt family in our community. In October 1911, William and his wife, Minnie, along with Arthu...