Senator George Norris’s Snarky Letter to an Auto Dealer
George W. Norris of McCook (1861-1944) is remembered as one of the most influential US senators in American history, a dignified, idealistic leader that President ...
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Red Willow County’s First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving in 1896 was celebrated on November 26, and editor F. M. Kimmell of the McCook Tribune took advantage of the holiday to reflect on Red Willow County's recent ...
Frank H. Spearman
Frank H. Spearman (1859-1937) was a prolific writer of heroic fiction, especially about railroads and about the men who built and ran them in the West in the late 1800s. ...
T. R. Tours Nebraska
President George Bush's recent trip to Nebraska was a logistical tour-de-force. Thepresidential advance team, scads of Secret Service men, state and local police, ...
Davis, Dr. Byron Bennett
Dr. Byron Bennett Davis was one of McCook's first physicians. Born in Wisconsin in 1861, he first came to Nebraska with his parents in 1869. He was graduated from the ...
Marker Monday: McCook Army Air Base
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McCook Army Air Base, activated April 1, 1943, was one of eleven Army Air Force training bases in Nebraska during World War II. The base was ...
Pulitzer Prize Awarded for 1930 Editorial on George Norris
George W. Norris. NSHS RG3298-2-3 (left).
On May 5, 1931, the Fremont Evening Tribune reported that Tribune editor Charles S. Ryckman had been awarded a Pulitzer ...
Timeline Tuesday: Thanksgiving in Red Willow County
Thanksgiving in 1896 was celebrated on November 26, and editor F. M. Kimmell of the McCook Tribune took advantage of the holiday to reflect on Red Willow County's recent ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Rodeo Nebraska
Rodeo Nebraska Photo Book Explores Nebraska’s Small-Town Rodeos
Rodeo Nebraska by Mark Harris is now available at Amazon Prime.
Eight years ago ...
A Reflective View by George W. Norris
Defeated in the 1942 election for a sixth term in the United States Senate, George W. Norris, by the provisions of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution for which ...
Senator George Norris’s snarky letter to an auto dealer
George Norris is remembered as both an influential US senator and a dignified, gentle man. But he could still go off on someone when he needed to.
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Marker Monday: George W. Norris, 1861-1944
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George W. Norris, whose home is on Norris Avenue, McCook, Nebraska, served forty years in the Congress of the United States. Born in Ohio, he worked his way ...
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