Dean Slader has tried retiring his hammer and anvil several times. The 82-year-old blacksmith’s relationship with Fort Atkinson State Historical Park “goes back.”
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A Birding Family
What began with hiking and a birdsong book has led to two high-school-aged boys holding their own with some of the top birdwatchers in the state.
A Niobrara Turkey Hunt
Mentored hunts organized by Game and Parks conservation officers give youths who have an interest in hunting, but not necessarily a place to go or someone to take them, a chance to go.
Frontier Luxury
Nebraska frontier life involved hardship, deprivation and … luxury?
Snowbound – The Blizzards of 1948-49
The winter of 1948-49 brought Nebraskans the most prolonged battle with the elements in the state’s history.
Orville Ralston – Nebraska’s Flying Ace
Orville Ralston had a choice to make. Flying over France, the engine of his Sopwith Camel fighter plane was giving him so much trouble that he dropped out of the combat formation.