Inside the July/August 2008 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our July/August 2008 issue. Click on Summer Fun at the Calamus, Ainsworth: Nowhere They'd Rather Be, Testing Tractors for the World in Lincoln or Blair's Quiet Flyers for slideshows of more images and to read excerpts from the July/August 2008 issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
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A quarter-century after its creation, this Sandhills lake is coming of age. By David Bristow |
Ainsworth: Nowhere They'd Rather Be
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The Sandhills town of Ainsworth makes the most of being "The Middle of Nowhere." By David Bristow |
Testing Tractors for the World in Lincoln
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Sure, these guys are tractor geeks, but every farmer in the nation relies on them. By Curt Arens |
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In their gliders, the Omaha Soaring Club finds peace in the skies above Blair. By Mike Whye |
Fort Atkinson Comes to Life
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The Missouri River fort was once the United States' westernmost outpost. Today, the 1820s live again. By Jeffrey S. Barnes |
Emily's Garden
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Special muskmelons are ripening in Oshkosh. By Shirley Sullivan |
In Search of the Wild Missouri
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We set off downstream, looking for the river that explorers and steamboatmen once knew. By David Bristow |
A 3,000-mile, 93-County-Seat Bike Ride
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Lincoln's Bill Moser likes traveling long distances the hard way. By David Bristow |
A Rodeo Weekend
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For many Sandhills families, rodeo is a way of life. By Gerri Osborn |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller (First Jump by Wayne J. Anderson), Nebraska Traveler (Chadron comes alive with history and beauty, Let the Cluckin' Games Begin!) Road Trip (The Rocky Road West by Alan J. Bartels), Flat Water News (Where Kids Soar with Nature, Roger & Linda Welsch and the Chief Standing Bear Humanitarian Award, Barns on Wheels), Poems by Sandy Mosel, Don Welch and Maureen Kingston plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Bobbi and Steve Olson
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