Salutatory A. M. Church and the Stuart Ledger
The first issue of a newspaper bearing the name of a new editor frequently carried his written introduction to the public. Editor A. M. Church introduced himself on ...
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What We Found
Throwback Thursday: The White Horse Ranch in Naper, Nebraska
Young woman jumping a horse with no saddle or bridle at the White Horse Ranch, 1953. [RG1714-15]
Giddy up! Today’ s Throwback Thursday photo takes us to ...
Marker Monday: Lost Airmen of World War II
Marker Text
On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper ...
White Horse Ranch memorabilia
Cal and Ruth Thompson, 1938 (RG1714.PH21)
In 1917 twin brothers Cal and Hudson Thompson from West Point, Nebraska, bought a white stallion, "Old King," ...
The Woman on the White Horse
Eighteen-year-old Peggy Johnson had already known tragedy in her young life, but on horseback she felt free. Here is the personal story behind an iconic 1953 photo.
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