American Confetti: Christmas Traditions

American Confetti: Christmas Traditions

Life on the frontier of the 1880s in Nebraska was rough, to say the least. Many settlers dwelt in sod houses, which did a good job insulating the home during the blazingly hot summer months and brutal winter months. Grass fires burned wide swaths. Locusts swarmed,...
From Plastic to Pioneer Village

From Plastic to Pioneer Village

(This column originally ran July 20, 2014 but was recently reprinted in the Lincoln Journal-Star.) Mention the name Harold Warp tp practically any Nebraskan, and his amazing Pioneer Village in Minden immediately is calledto mind. Many others think of the now...