Inside the July/August 2007 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our July/August 2007 issue. Click on Omaha's Indie Rockers to read an excerpt from the July/August issue or click on The Panhandle Wildfires, Of Horses and Men or Loyal Seward to read excerpts from the July/August issue and to see slideshows of additional photos from Bobbi and Steve Olson and Moni Hourt.
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What began as a handful of homemade cassette tapes grew into a multimillion dollar company. By Molly Garriott
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While the fires were still burning, Bobbi and Steve Olson traveled to Nebraska 's northwest corner. In a separate story, Moni Hourt relates firsthand accounts of the fires from her neighbors. By Bobbi and Steve Olson and Moni Hourt |
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Shedding a century at Petersburg's Antique Tractor and Horse Plowing Bee. By Jerry Wilson
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Nebraska 's Fourth of July City knows how to celebrate. By Christopher Amundson
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Thin Pink Lines
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“You can't get there from here” and other travel notes from the back roads of western Nebraska. By Bobbi and Steve Olson
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Flowers in the Hog Pen
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A Scribner couple has transformed their farmyard into a flower garden. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper
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Flight of the Explorer
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In 1934, Nebraskans watched as the world's largest balloon plummeted from the upper atmosphere. Would the men aboard survive? By David Bristow
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Restoring Eden
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At the Niobrara Valley Preserve east of Valentine, Nature Conservancy scientists use fire and bison to sustain a biological treasure. By Stephen Jones
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Plus, Nebraska Kitchens (Recipes and stories), Storyteller (Fly Shooting? You Betchum! by Alan Weinhold), Nebraska Traveler (Experiencing the Sandhills in Ainsworth), Road Trip (Rivers, Recreation and Reubens in the Sandhills by Alan J. Bartels), Flat Water News (Big Red Shipwreck, At the (Downtown) Movies in Omaha, The Bridge of Many Names), Poems by Jack Ostergard, Dwaine Spieker and L.A. Evans plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Bobbi and Steve Olson
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