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A Study Of Man's Environmental Impact On Shell Creek And Sand Gulch, Gary Hassebrook
A Study Of Man's Environmental Impact On Shell Creek And Sand Gulch, Gary Hassebrook
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Description of Shell Creek in 1972, including an investigation into the source of pollutants that have killed the first 15 miles of the creek.
Discussion of town dumping at Sand Gulch and the damage that is causing.
Student paper
Early Nebraska Cooking - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project
Early Nebraska Cooking - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project
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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska
"Early Nebraska cooking, because of its lack of variety, often became unappetizing for even the least fastidious settlers. Sowbelly (salt pork), corn meal and coffee were nearly always on the table for the main meals."
The First Five Years Of The Regional Agricultural Council For The Southern Great Plains States, Office Of Land Use Coordination
The First Five Years Of The Regional Agricultural Council For The Southern Great Plains States, Office Of Land Use Coordination
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From the document:
At the October, 1940, meeting of the Southern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council, the retiring chairmnn, F. A. Anderson, asked the Coordinator to prepare a history of the Council since its inception in 1935. This history accordingly constitutes a review of the activities of the Council during the five years from the first meeting in Pueblo, Colorado, December 12-13, 1935, through the 28th meeting, and the last one of the 1940 calendar year, held in Waco, Texas, October 17-18, 1940.
Nebraska Cattle Brands, Federal Writers' Project
Nebraska Cattle Brands, Federal Writers' Project
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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska
"Nebraska cattlemen have more than 13,000 brands registered with the Division of Live Stock Brands in the Secretary of State's OFfice.
All the brands are a part of the folklore of the state, since their designs were originated by the stockmen themselves...Regardless of whether the brand design was made into a romantic flourish of the setting sun, or into a simple initial, it became a trademark and thing of pride for its owner. So all these cattle brands, apart from their practical worth in the stock business, have an aura of romance …