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Firearms at Pioneer Village: A Big Bang

Firearms at Pioneer Village: A Big Bang

Within the fascinating collections of antiques that tell time at Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska, the firearms are no different in showing the pioneers’ way of life. These guns help us to understand the methods in which pioneers actively protected themselves,...
We Are Spoiled!

We Are Spoiled!

We Are Spoiled! by Kylian De Fitzgerald https://pioneervillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sanitarydairyprocess.mp3 References: A History of Man’s Progess from 1830 to the present. Written and compiled by Harold...
Christmas City

Christmas City

It all started in 1915 with a combination of bad weather and community spirited City Light Commissioner. Local residents wanted to impress the state convention of the Grand Army of the Republic, so, City Light Commissioner J.W. Haws stretched strings of lights from...
Crane Watching

Crane Watching

Crane Watching The sandhill crane is the most abundant of the world’s 15 species of crane. The whooping crane is one of the largest cranes and the most endangered in the world with a wild population of around 500 individuals.  These huge birds migrate through the...