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Nebraska’s Crayfish
With their jointed legs and protective exoskeleton, crayfish are a unique part of Nebraska’s aquatic ecosystems.
Southwest Nebraska’s 1884 UFO
Over the years, there were searches for remains of a spaceship-like object, but the Journal finally exposed the story as a hoax in 1927.
Patterns from Above
Nebraskaland photographer Eric Fowler shares a collection of images he has taken from a plane. He has spent hundreds of hours doing aerial photography.
The Ruttens’ Turtle Hunting Tradition
Every summer, the Rutten “boys” — geared in old tennis shoes, jeans and a T-shirt — ease down into the greasy, stagnant oxbow lake on the flood-prone family property, called “The Island.”
1870s Nebraska Roundup
By the mid-1870s, Nebraska’s open-range cattle industry was experiencing ownership disputes caused by unregulated “round-ups”.