Prairie Bluestem

Fires in Brown and Keya Paha Counties in northern Nebraska North central Nebraska is fighting three big fires in Brown and Keya Paha ...

Deadly April snowstorm on the prairie I found this account of the terrible Easter Blizzard of 1873 in a history of Seward County, Nebraska...

One of my unsolved mysteries About five years ago, I found an old seal on eBay. Or maybe I should say that I found a seal-maker ....

Experience the migration! The spring Sandhill crane migration has begun again, and the Audubon Society's Rowe Sanctuary has its Crane ...

Preparation for 8th grade exams Tonight I came across a workbook, Using Arithmetic in Everyday Life , that I had in elementary school. The...

Crane Cam at Rowe Sanctuary Carolyn Hall of Bassett, Nebraska, sent the following link for this year's Sandhill Crane Webcam at the Ro...

A long season of deep snow and cold temperatures I wasn't born until 1951, so I didn't experience the winter of 1948-49, but I...

A bad winter remembered The recent snows and severe cold temperatures have stirred memories of the legendary Blizzard of '49 and the s...

Sod houses, Nebraska cooking, and the indomitable Mrs. Bowser In 1901, the Pan American Exhibition opened in Buffalo, New York. The fair...

Cumulonimbus over the prairie We saw this big thunderhead about five years ago in northern Nebraska. We were camping at Smith Falls State...

Watch the Sandhill cranes at Rowe Sanctuary Rowe Sanctuary's Sandhill Crane Cam is on the internet again this year, March 7 through...

Buffalo Bill's description of a genuine blizzard In Buffalo Bill's book, True Tales of the Plains , he writes vividly of blizzards ...