Inside the September/October 2008 Issue
Here's an overview of the stories that appear in our September/October 2008 issue. Click on Walking Tall: A Story of Nebraska's Walk-ons, Pierce's Legacy or Finding Goats in the Heart of Cattle Country for slideshows of more images and to read excerpts from the September/October 2008 issue. Click here to subscribe to Nebraska Life Magazine and receive this issue delivered to your mailbox.
Walking Tall: A Story of Nebraska's Walk-ons
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Each fall a select group of young men have the chance to fulfill a boyhood dream in Lincoln. By Whitney Keyes |
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How a bedroom community and farming town carries on. By Christopher Amundson |
Finding Goats in the Heart of Cattle Country
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A Callaway couple and their dogs carve a new way of life. By Bobbi and Steve Olson |
A Missouri River Hideaway
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Visitors find seclusion, wildlife and history at Indian Cave State Park. By Tammy Partsch |
Box Elder Mushrooms of the Verdigris Valley
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On the hunt for an overlooked, local delicacy near Verdigre. By Christopher Amundson |
Horseshoes and a Higher Calling
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Doug Butler of Crawford teaches life's lessons through the art of horseshoeing. By Kindra Gordon |
The Art of Beautiful Writing
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At age 93, Kearney's renowned calligrapher Arthur Pierce is still turning words into art. By Linda Read Deeds |
Parachutes Over the Panhandle
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Remembering World War II's Alliance Army Air Base, where paratroopers trained for D-Day. By Sheryl Schmeckpeper |
Plus, Nebraska Kitchens, Storyteller (Tree Trimming by Gordy Whitcomb), Nebraska Traveler (Rounding Up Bison in Johnstown, Opera Omaha's "The Blizzard Voices") Road Trip (Fall Journey, Fremont to Florence by Jeff Barnes), Flat Water News (Nebraskans Against Trees, I'm From Nebraska and I'm Running for President, Making History in Taylor), Poems by Jane Goossen Wolfe, Don Welch and Fredrick Zydek plus the latest Nebraska books in Bookshelf, and a “Last Look” photo from Bobbi and Steve Olson
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