Patzel’s “Poo-ey” Piques Pigs’ Passion
When his last dynamic “Poo-ey” died away at the Omaha Auditorium on the night of September 11, 1926, Fred Patzel had won the title of World’s Champion Hog Caller.
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agriculture
What We Found
Sugar beet farming, circa 1940
Nebraska is known for corn and cattle, but sugar beets have long been a major crop in the North Platte Valley. Here are scenes from the farm of brothers Glenn and ...
This noble Moses P. Kinkaid
Portrait of Moses P. Kinkaid, Congressman, 6th District, Nebraska. Later in life.
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill sponsored by Moses P. Kinkaid of ...
Clouds of Grasshoppers in 1874
By David L. Bristow
“In a clear, hot July day a haze came over the sun,” Addison Sheldon recalled. “The haze deepened into a gray cloud. Suddenly the ...
Neligh Mill at 150
By David L. Bristow
April 10, 2024
Neligh Mill, in the northeast Nebraska town of Neligh, is a place where the past doesn’t feel all that long ago—as if the ...
The 1874 State Fair: A Time to Show Off
The 1874 state fair in Omaha was supposed to be a chance for Nebraska to show off its agricultural potential. A massive swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts had different ...
Tractor vs. Horses
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Which is more economical for a farmer, a tractor or a team of horses?
Ogallala, Neb., 1918. History Nebraska ...
Luna Kellie, Populist Leader and Songwriter
Imagine a farm protest movement strong enough to win statewide elections against both Republicans and Democrats.
It happened in the 1890s. The People’s ...
Future Radio Controlled Tractor, 1928
Where will all this new farm technology lead? Cartoonist Herbert Johnson’s “Wireless Tractor Control Board” was a joke, but today companies are developing autonomous ...
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